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Why no viruses?
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<blockquote data-quote="McYukon" data-source="post: 1225474" data-attributes="member: 101117"><p>Hang on a bit there, a virus is something that spreads to other computers on it's own with no user interaction required.</p><p>Fore now there is no such thing for Mac.</p><p></p><p>Trojans on the other hand do exist for Mac, these get installed by you when you install something and it's hiding in the app/installer and you don't know about it. These can almost always be found in pirated software/porn codecs.</p><p>These can be avoided by simply not installing anything that you don't trust 100%.</p><p></p><p>But it is true that the Mac has a somewhat smaller user base than Windows, thus it isn't worth a hackers time to write anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="McYukon, post: 1225474, member: 101117"] Hang on a bit there, a virus is something that spreads to other computers on it's own with no user interaction required. Fore now there is no such thing for Mac. Trojans on the other hand do exist for Mac, these get installed by you when you install something and it's hiding in the app/installer and you don't know about it. These can almost always be found in pirated software/porn codecs. These can be avoided by simply not installing anything that you don't trust 100%. But it is true that the Mac has a somewhat smaller user base than Windows, thus it isn't worth a hackers time to write anything. [/QUOTE]
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