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Any good virus protection for iMac?
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<blockquote data-quote="clive12" data-source="post: 1311346" data-attributes="member: 173413"><p>Sorry but you are wrong.</p><p></p><p>No system is unhackable and people with more secure systems than we all us have been hacked.</p><p></p><p>Hackers will write a virus and go for the maximum exposure which will always be pc as more people use PCs instead of Macs.</p><p></p><p>Its not impossible for a virus to be written for a Mac just unlikely because less people have Macs and the way Mac works with things like keychain make it more secure.</p><p></p><p>The very nature of Mac OS means if you did contract a virus you would spot it a lot more easily than on your pc and just kill the virus.</p><p></p><p>Its like saying people dont make fakes of low demonination coins and notes.</p><p></p><p>They do fake low demonination money but counterfeiters will always go for the maximum value bills for maximum exposure and to get the maximum change back in real money.</p><p></p><p>I agree about Clam X being worth installing to be sure but to tell people they dont need to install anything is quite irresponsible.</p><p></p><p>Heres one that Sophos found</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2029303/virus-mac-invulnerable" target="_blank">http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2029303/virus-mac-invulnerable</a></p><p></p><p>The best quote I ever saw on this was from a hacker who said </p><p></p><p>"The only machine that isnt hackable is one which has never been used, has no internet connection and will never be switched on"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clive12, post: 1311346, member: 173413"] Sorry but you are wrong. No system is unhackable and people with more secure systems than we all us have been hacked. Hackers will write a virus and go for the maximum exposure which will always be pc as more people use PCs instead of Macs. Its not impossible for a virus to be written for a Mac just unlikely because less people have Macs and the way Mac works with things like keychain make it more secure. The very nature of Mac OS means if you did contract a virus you would spot it a lot more easily than on your pc and just kill the virus. Its like saying people dont make fakes of low demonination coins and notes. They do fake low demonination money but counterfeiters will always go for the maximum value bills for maximum exposure and to get the maximum change back in real money. I agree about Clam X being worth installing to be sure but to tell people they dont need to install anything is quite irresponsible. Heres one that Sophos found [url]http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2029303/virus-mac-invulnerable[/url] The best quote I ever saw on this was from a hacker who said "The only machine that isnt hackable is one which has never been used, has no internet connection and will never be switched on" [/QUOTE]
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