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Yes, I already read the Sticky Note about virus protection and firewalls. Can it really be true that not a single virus has ever been written for Mac?? That sounds too good to be true!
caveatipss said:Yes, I already read the Sticky Note about virus protection and firewalls. Can it really be true that not a single virus has ever been written for Mac?? That sounds too good to be true!
WhiteYfz said:Please dont jinx (SP?) it ..lol
but thank god they dont have viruses for themm..
in my house we have 5 coumputers
MINE (mac)
2 brothers (dell)
dad dell
mom dell
my dad has to reformat their computers like every 2 months because of viruses
PowerBookG4 said:There are no actual viruses for mac (only one has been written for unix back in 1988, when i was born.. so far 17 years later no viruses).. The mac is written in such a way that it is very hard for a virus to be written for this operating system, although it is not impossible for a virus to be written. If somebody can figure out how to get a piece of software to open the root with out a password then the system is not safe, but that is the good thing about macs. You need a password to install all applications, and you need a password to access secure things such as the root.
WhiteYfz said:Please dont jinx (SP?) it ..lol
but thank god they dont have viruses for themm..
in my house we have 5 coumputers
MINE (mac)
2 brothers (dell)
dad dell
mom dell
my dad has to reformat their computers like every 2 months because of viruses
I have a free virus scanner on my Macs (http://clamxav.com/) but it isn't used (no periodic scans), it's only there incase there are any Mac viruses this way if I get one I can remove it easily. I just have the Mac OS firewall turned on.caveatipss said:Boy that is good to know! So, how many of you still run virus scans and use a firewall?
It's A LOT better then the Windows one, I don't have any 3rd party ones to compare it to, but it's all you should need.caveatipss said:Is the Mac firewall any good? The one that comes with Windows really sucks.