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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1596590" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>A virus is a self-replicating, destructive piece of software. The term "malware" is a broad classification of software, simply meaning software that does something that could be construed as malicious in nature. A virus is malware, but not all malware is a virus. </p><p></p><p>For some reason, we Mac users love to play on semantics - which is annoying, when for all practical purposes, a well-written piece of adware/scareware/scamware (or any other kind of malware, aside from a virus) can be every bit as destructive as a true virus. That said, viruses, even on Windows, are pretty rare these days as it's much easier (and often more profitable for a criminal enterprise) to scam people than it is to damage their data or system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1596590, member: 24098"] A virus is a self-replicating, destructive piece of software. The term "malware" is a broad classification of software, simply meaning software that does something that could be construed as malicious in nature. A virus is malware, but not all malware is a virus. For some reason, we Mac users love to play on semantics - which is annoying, when for all practical purposes, a well-written piece of adware/scareware/scamware (or any other kind of malware, aside from a virus) can be every bit as destructive as a true virus. That said, viruses, even on Windows, are pretty rare these days as it's much easier (and often more profitable for a criminal enterprise) to scam people than it is to damage their data or system. [/QUOTE]
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