That is not the reason for it being hard to get a virus on a Mac. The new OS of windows does the same thing. The reason it is hard to get this stuff on a Mac is that for now there is no one writing the stuff for the Mac. Because it is not a big enough market. Now it becoming more and more popular this might change.
Sign, Joe Plummer ( JP ) [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tim Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 3:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: malwear and macs I would't worry about it to much, because the mac will ask you if you want to install and tell you what is installing. That is why it is hard to get a virus on a mac now. On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:34 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > someone just retweeted something about malwear now being able to take over macs. If this is true, how does everyone think we should protect our macs? I know norton and such programmes are available, but I hated them when I was on the windows side. One of the reasons I came to the mac was because the lack of viruses. Do those of you among us with more knowledge than I possess on this matter think this is a real threat and what would you do about it? > I'm a pretty frightful mac user right now. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
