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Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined

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Lusotec wrote:

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> Hadron wrote:
>> Lusotec writes:
>>> Snit wrote:
>>>> Chri Ahlstrom wrote:
>>>>> http://www.phonearena.com/news/iPhone-more-vulnerable-than-Android-BB-
>>>>> and-WP-combined_id41258
>>>>>
>>>>> Also noted:
>>>>>
>>>>>    Of course, he doesn't mention that only 0.5% of malware comes
>>>>>    through the Google Play Store, so criminals still have to find ways
>>>>>    to get Android users to sideload infected apps. It is still very
>>>>>    possible that Android simply has fewer vulnerabilities because it is
>>>>>    open-source (which tends to be more secure), and the only real
>>>>>    serious vulnerability with Android is that users are allowed to
>>>>>    screw things up if they aren't careful.
>>>>
>>>> The bottom line: if you use Windows or Android you are at significant
>>>> risk of getting malware. If you use OS X, iOS, or desktop Linux you are
>>>> not.
>>>
>>> You can add OS X to the list that are at significant at risk of getting
>>> malware with one of the largest malware outbreaks out side Windows, and
>>> one of the largest outbreaks percentage wise.
>> 
>> Dont be silly Lusotec. That was a one off and doesnt come close to the
>> malware infecting Android phones.
>
> That "one off" was one of the largest malware outbreaks, in percentage of 
> infected systems. Close to 1% of all active OS X systems were infected at 
> one time. No Android and very few Windows malware ever had such a high 
> percentage of infected systems, and even fewer infected at the same time.
>
>> Instead of going into denial and whining like a stuck pig why not be 
>> constructive and try to help people stuck with 2.3 or riddled with 
>> malware?
>
> It is a bit hard to clean a Android system of malware since I have yet to 
> come across such a situation. On the other hand, I have lost count to the 
> number of infected Windows systems I have cleaned up.
>
>>> <http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2012/Kaspersky_Lab_Confirms
>>> _Flashfake_Flashback_Botnet_Infected_more_than_600_000_Mac_OS_X_
>>> Computers_Describes_Ramifications_and_Remedies>
>>>
>>> And Android can be "desktop Linux" so your statement is both wrong and
>>> illogical.
>> 
>> No it cant.
>
> It can't? I must have imagined it then!

No, you weren't imagining it:
http://www.machackpc.com/how-to-install-android-os-on-your-laptop-or-desktop/

Run Android on your Notebook or Desktop:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/22665/run-android-on-your-netbook-or-desktop/

HTH :-)

-- 
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are.

Micro$oft, the company that makes spreading malware easy. 

Microsoft exec Ron Markezich was quoted saying that for every $1 
companies spend on Microsoft software, they need to spend $6 getting 
it to work right. -- April 2011 SanFrancisco Chronical --

"We have no intention of shipping another bloated OS and shoving 
it down the throats of our users."
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Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Lusotec <nomail@nomail.not> - 2013-04-02 09:09 +0100
  Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 09:45 +0100
    Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 08:47 +0000
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-02 07:04 -0700
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2013-04-02 17:03 +0100
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2013-04-02 11:21 -0500
        Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2013-04-02 13:21 -0400
        Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 18:42 +0100
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 18:41 +0100
    Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-02 06:49 -0700
    Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Lusotec <nomail@nomail.not> - 2013-04-03 01:05 +0100
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-02 17:29 -0700
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2013-04-03 11:14 +0100
      Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2013-04-03 07:23 -0500
  Re: iPhone more vulnerable than Android, BB, and WP combined Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-02 06:44 -0700

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