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Quoting a report produced by Sophos, a virus consultancy and software firm, Macworld UK states that just 0.16 percent of the viruses reported to the company were Mac-specific. That makes PCs, according to the story, 625 times more likely to become infected by a virus. "The greatest inconvenience for Macintosh users is likely to be receiving harmless email-attached viruses from infected PC users," Macworld UK writes. "The only other viruses that are generally found on Macs are Microsoft Word macro viruses ... [and] these are a minor annoyance rather than the catastrophic PC viruses, such as the Bugbear-B and the slammer virus." Protected nonetheless Although viruses rarely affect "the rest of us," Sophos is offering a beta version of its virus protection software, Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X, which offers "...total protection against all known virus types." Editor's note: As I'm a .Mac subscriber, I get "free" access to Virex. Dutifully, it's installed on all of my Macs. Perhaps a victim of the general virus hysteria inflicted on the world by Redmond's contempt for users and quality standards, I've installed the app purely for "peace of mind." I know my Macs aren't really at risk, but I still feel better knowing Virex is there. Do you feel at risk? Do you take precautions?
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