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2007-10-24 04:15:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
to be on the safe side use anti v n anti spy
2007-10-24 04:18:32 · answer #1 · answered by tasty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-27 17:15:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The good news is that because such a small proportion of the computers that are attackable on line are Mac's, very few viruses are written to attack them. The bad news is that is perfectly possible to write a virus attack on a Mac and there are some out there. Virus protection is advisable if you spend time on line browsing and searching sites or do a lot of e-mail.
2007-10-24 04:20:40 · answer #3 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mac OS X does not attract that many virus as per previous Mac OS. Not everything in the computer world (PC or Mac) is consider virus free. Macs have less of a chance of being infected with viruses, but can act as a Windows (PC) virus carrier to your PC user friends via email attachment. In other words, it is good to have some kind of anti-virus protection for yourself (mac user) and to protect the spread to your PC user colleagues.
2007-10-24 04:24:44 · answer #4 · answered by theguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course Apple computers can be attacked by viruses, so, yes, they need virus protection, too. Their construction has nothing to do with it. The fact is that 98% of the viruses and spyware is written for Windows, so Apple's get less than PC's. If you think you can operate a computer today on the internet totally virus free, you need to think again. Apple's aren't immune.
2007-10-24 04:20:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apple systems don't get attacked as much because there just aren't as many of them so virus coders don't even bother creating mac viruses.
But Mac viruses do exist and getting protection is a good idea.
2007-10-24 04:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by Shwaa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a myth that Apple computers do not get viruses. There are MAC virsus, and they need to have anti-virus software same as a PC. Because there are fowere MAC users, hackers usually do not waste their time writing MAC viruses. But they do exist.
2007-10-24 04:34:00 · answer #7 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are like any regular PC they can be attacked by viruses too, they are not as main stream so people do not attack them as often.. but it happens more than most mac users want to admit. so be safe and put some anti virus on there.
2007-10-24 04:24:53 · answer #8 · answered by Lucas H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋