Thanks all for your informative replies. I just won't bother looking
into this any further then, happy surfing all round then isn't it!
-James-
On 4 Aug 2007, at 23:42, John Panarese wrote:
It is likely that someone with far too much time and the mind
to to do so will come up with some kind of virus or such, but for
the time being, there are no known viruses that effect the Mac OS.
There have been claims and other nonsense about viruses or serious
security problems with Macs that have panned out to be relative
exaggerations or complete hoaxes. This includes an article in News
Week when Vista came out in which Bill Gates ranted about how Mac
users are at risk every day and Macs get taken over all the time
compared to Windows, by the way. It is, from my understanding, a
matter of the architecture of Mac OS X compared to that of
Windows. Also, of course, Microsoft and security are the twenty-
first century's greatest oxymoron.
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On Aug 4, 2007, at 6:28 PM, James Austin wrote:
Hi James,
You don't need one for the mac, because there are no viruses for
mac. People have certainly tried, and failed.
This is due I think to the Unix foundation of Mac OS X but someone
with more knowledge may be able to give you a better definition.
Maybe some day when/if Macs become a viable force in the work
place, there will be viruses, but not today.
Hope this helps
James
PS - If you install Windows on to your Mac, you are at risk from
Windows viruses, but they will only affect the Windows part of the
hard disk.
On 4 Aug 2007, at 23:16, James Jolley wrote:
Hi folks,
What are you all using to scan your macs for viruses? Are there
any free scanners out there and is it as important to have one
for your mac compared to say windows?
Best
-James-
