Mossberg on security

Walter Mossberg writes about "a " afflicting PCs connected to the Internet in his latest Wall Street Journal article. "The Windows computing platform is in a genuine crises," writes Mossberg. "Windows computers are being attacked, every day, by an international army of digital criminals who seek to spy on users, turn their own computers against them and deface, corrupt or destroy their data." To safeguard from viruses and spyware -- "which can track your activities, bombard you with unwanted ads, even steal your identity" -- Mossberg suggests switching to the Mac platform for users "totally fed up with the security crisis." According to Mossberg, "Macs have better hardware, a better operating system and better bundled software than Windows PCs. They are as good as, and often better than, Windows PCs at e-mail and Web surfing; at word processing and other productivity tasks; and at handling digital photos, videos and music."

by MacNN Staff