Funny Post on why Mac's Cannot have Viruses!

[Sidepocket]

"Rest assured people. the wii is practically imume from virus. so stop asking or worrying about the wii getting a virus. heres why:

You have to realize that virus need to be created specifically for what it infects. A windows virus will not run on a Mac, Wii, ect.

Do you know how many virus (is virus singular and plural? My own mediocre attempt at humor has been highly amusing to myself. doesnt matter) the Mac has? A WHOPPING.... wait... wait,.... WAIT FOR IT!!!........ IT... HAS A WHOPPING 6 virus. and do u know why? because to make a virus for a mac u need to hack Apples mainframe to infect macs.

WELL anyway the wii is practically the same thing. instead of nintendos mainframe though it is the Wiis OS, which isn't accessable easily at all. To hack the wii OS would be like hacking Apples mainframe. it is almost impossible.

On top of all that i mentioned above the wii can't even download anything off the internet no less EVEN be able to RUN the virus. ON TOP of that the wii deletes all temporary files that it has like internet pages. SO if it is possible for the wii to download the virus it wouldn't be able to run it and to get rid of it would be as simple as turning it off and turning it back on.

SO once again rest assured your Wii is virus proof."

http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=revolution&message.id=3174813&view=by_date_ascending&page=1


Ok, lets point and laugh! 

[M-26-7]

It's not excessively hard to hack a Mac. It's just that no self-respecting script kiddie is going to write up a virus to infect a few million computers when he could write one that can potentially affect 90% of household computers.

Well put guy below teh idiot.

[Raptor]

It may be VIRUS safe, but its not HACKER safe

MHWA HAHAHAH!!!


(nintendo wii mainframe)

[Nod]

I think that guy forgot the most important reason the wii won't be getting viruses. It would be absolutely  pointless for someone to program a virus for the wii. You can't get any personal information (i.e. cc numbers, names, social security information) or turn it into a zombie. I think the days of hard drive erasing viruses are pretty much over so that eliminates the trash other peoples equipment assholes. That's just my opinion though.

[gangals]

It's just that no self-respecting script kiddie is going to write up a virus to infect a few million computers

Isn't the definition of a script kiddy that they don't write the viruses/programs, but rather just use them?

[Nod]

It's just that no self-respecting script kiddie is going to write up a virus to infect a few million computers

Isn't the definition of a script kiddy that they don't write the viruses/programs, but rather just use them?

Point taken.

[splynt0r]

My opinion on why there are no viruses for the Mac OS is that Most Coders don't use Macintosh.

[splynt0r]

And may I add that the Wii is way better than that hunk of feces called PS3

[M-26-7]

Here's another little Mac article.
http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-6159448.html?tag=bubbl_3

[trevelyn]

why couldnt you sniff credit card numbers?? if you dont have Wii points you can use a credit card.  The Wii is 802.11 NOT ethernet... What if you just did a MITM attack with dnsspoof and arpoisoning? I know its not a virus but it sure beats coding one thats for sure.  dns spoofing wouldnt be ard because it uses "real" internet (not the mobile phone mini internet) but this means your sitting outside in your car in front of the victims house.  unless you find their router is labeled OPN, and they havent changed the  the password for admin access on it (%80 of the time in my area) then you could do remote sniffing and just configure their router to allow remote administration.    Also, the packets coming from the Wii.. even encrypted packets - if you run etherreal and use unified sniffing from your wlan card in the packet you can actually see what game someone is playing with the DS lite (i am such a nerd) I set up this experiment back in the old days when we had the non-backlight big ass grey version of the DS.  and watched the packets go by saying "animal crossing.."  i even sniffed the server the ds forwarded through the local gateway connected to!  and the remote is blue tooth.  what if you could screw with the remote with a bluetooth dongle and hcitools? that would be funny! As for the viruses, i recently bought a MacBook and OS X is pretty stable for the most part.. i find it almost discouraging though that i have been using linux (dual boot with ReFit) more than OSX.  Linux on the macbook is awesome, and totally functional (cept i havent configured the webcam yet) 
thanks for talking about the Wii it's an awesome piece of hardware, just needs more games. 

oh when you use a credit card with the Wii It cannot be saved in the Wii (protect the parents asses from children wanting VC games i guess!!) but you have to put tons of personal information into the wii - i wouldnt be surprised if it were using SSL (maybe the cause of it being so slow) i havent seen and certificates issued though when purchasing games - i bought a lot of them - though certificates arent hard to forge if it did use SSL you could still sniff the encrypted info you would just have to get them to accept your phony certifiacte to se during the decryption part exempli gratia SSLDUMP.  deleting temp internet files quickly is a good thing. My Wii is packed up cos i bought a house, when i move in i will test all i can with the wireless ideas.