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Some important q's from a soon to be switcher
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<blockquote data-quote="baggss" data-source="post: 474855" data-attributes="member: 6762"><p>I have not run an AV program on my Mac for 4 or 5 years now. I don't know if it "harder" to write a virus for OSX, but don't forget it is Unix based, so I suspect that has much to do with it. Then of course, there is the old "security through obscurity" argument as well. Bottom line, there are no nasties out there waiting to bite you as of yet, and even the few Mac AV apps don't scan for Mac viruses (since there are none) but simply look for Windows ones that may be sitting harmlessly on your drive or in your e-mail waiting to get passed on to your Windows using friends. </p><p></p><p>Apple is actually quite good at patching vulnerabilities as they are found, and software updates or security patches come almost monthly.</p><p></p><p>Why would anyone stay with Windows when there are all kinds of nasties out there? Lots of reasons actually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baggss, post: 474855, member: 6762"] I have not run an AV program on my Mac for 4 or 5 years now. I don't know if it "harder" to write a virus for OSX, but don't forget it is Unix based, so I suspect that has much to do with it. Then of course, there is the old "security through obscurity" argument as well. Bottom line, there are no nasties out there waiting to bite you as of yet, and even the few Mac AV apps don't scan for Mac viruses (since there are none) but simply look for Windows ones that may be sitting harmlessly on your drive or in your e-mail waiting to get passed on to your Windows using friends. Apple is actually quite good at patching vulnerabilities as they are found, and software updates or security patches come almost monthly. Why would anyone stay with Windows when there are all kinds of nasties out there? Lots of reasons actually. [/QUOTE]
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