Viruses

falteringstar

I recently switched to mac, and have been considering returning to windows, however the whole virus thing of late is making me reconsider. How is it that mac's dont get any viruses, and what are windows doing to make there systems (past present and future) more secure?

Karoma

hmmmm. trolling is bad mmmkay.

Just do a google - at the moment, Service Pack 2 shows which way microsoft are thinking of heading in terms of security:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx

and google...

as for 'why so prone' ... enough flames for one night Most cited reasons: ignorant user-base, the fact that any program is so easy to run (very few clicks of a mouse will do the trick), questionable quality of the OS (Underlying code) ...


May i ask why did you switch? Why do you want to move back? <- not security related issues.

KdjaCL

Whats the point in making a virus to infect 5 computers?


kdjac

hostyle

Originally posted by KdjaC
Whats the point in making a virus to infect 5 computers?

Bragging rights? Apple have not been exploit free over the years, nor *nix.

Karoma

Originally posted by KdjaC
Whats the point in making a virus to infect 5 computers?


kdjac

heh. there's probably a little more than 5 macs out there...about 10?
but yeah, i omitted 'largest user base' from the most common reasons listed..

RobertFoster

plus MS aren't very popular in some groups...