Originally Posted by the-cable-guy (Post 35051077)

as i said how do uno that your mac is virus free ?

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35051087)

Prove that it's infected. :shrug:

Originally Posted by the-cable-guy (Post 35051077)

whether they are good or not they are still vulnerable to viruses & changing this topic into a pc vs mac war is not what the op was asking & is pretty pointless imo.

Originally Posted by the-cable-guy (Post 35051070)

either your taking the pee or you have no idea about computers, in case its the latter just because something is expensive doesnt make it good.

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35051087)

Prove that it's infected. :shrug:

Originally Posted by the-cable-guy (Post 35051070)

sorry but im not in a windows mindset its just that as someone else said how do you even know that your mac is virus free ? no os is 100% secure whether its linux, windows or mac os & to think that it is, is crazy at the end of the day its your computer so do as you please with it.

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as i said no os is safe so doing that is pretty silly.

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well said.

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either your taking the pee or you have no idea about computers, in case its the latter just because something is expensive doesnt make it good.

Originally Posted by Stuart C (Post 35051110)

True, if something is expensive that doesn't necessarily make it good. However, something being expensive means it will not achieve the market penetration of cheaper goods regardless of how good it is.

To go off topic for a while, no one would argue that Rolls Royces are not better cars than Fiestas, but they'll never achieve the market share that the Fiesta has, purely because more people can afford a fiesta.

Now, back on topic.

Macs have a far lower market share than PCs. The reason for this is not really relevant, but whatever the reason, the effect is the same. Macs make less attractive targets for virus writers in the wild.

Think of it this way. Imagine you are a virus or trojan writer. You have two platforms you can choose from to write your code for. Windows or OSX. If you write for Windows, you have a chance of infecting 90 odd percent of computer users, and (thanks to Apple's Bootcamp) a good few Mac users. If you write for OSX, you have a chance of infecting (perhaps) 5% of computer users.

Which are you going to go for?


If you write for OSX, you have a chance of in

Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35051114)

I know it's not likely to be infected but it really does show that people assume their MAC is safe to a point where if a mainstream harmful virus did come out I wonder how many would be caught out??

Just a thought....

Originally Posted by the-cable-guy (Post 35051118)

my point exactly & without AV how would someone know ? not all viruses make your computer act strangely.

Originally Posted by the-cable-guy (Post 35051088)

prove that it isint

Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35051125)

Correct, but it doesn't mean to say that the system is inected and I'd say that nearly all would be clean.. For now.....

Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35050748)

MAC Virii (harmfull ones) have been noted since the early '90s with stuff like COWHAND (early form of open proxy virus) and MBDF (liked to corrupt system files to a point of a reinstall was needed)

Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35051166)

You're talking about viruses for the classic Mac OS there, though. They're not compatible with OS X.