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Boot Camp Vulnerable?
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<blockquote data-quote="ToddG" data-source="post: 339187" data-attributes="member: 23228"><p>When you are running Windows (any flavor) through Boot Camp, you are really running Windows. So you're subject to all the viruses, spyware, etc. than infect Windows machines.</p><p></p><p>The difference is that the Windows part of your computer is fairly separate from the Mac OS X part. So while the spyware, etc., can slow down your Windows installation it won't affect your programs or (as long as you're careful) data on the OS X side.</p><p></p><p>What you'll quickly find is that you will do most of your web-based stuff (browsing, email, etc.) on the "Mac" side of things. You'll only use Boot Camp to run specific programs that you can't get to work one way or the other in OS X.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ToddG, post: 339187, member: 23228"] When you are running Windows (any flavor) through Boot Camp, you are really running Windows. So you're subject to all the viruses, spyware, etc. than infect Windows machines. The difference is that the Windows part of your computer is fairly separate from the Mac OS X part. So while the spyware, etc., can slow down your Windows installation it won't affect your programs or (as long as you're careful) data on the OS X side. What you'll quickly find is that you will do most of your web-based stuff (browsing, email, etc.) on the "Mac" side of things. You'll only use Boot Camp to run specific programs that you can't get to work one way or the other in OS X. [/QUOTE]
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