Why don't macs get Viruses?
Why don't macs get Viruses?
Just gone down the Mac route.
Having trawled the live forums it seems that Macs don't get viruses
Is this true?
and if so why
Ta
Having trawled the live forums it seems that Macs don't get viruses
Is this true?
and if so why
Ta
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Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
No-one can be arsed to write them for such a small market.
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Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
They can, it's just rare, and not just because it's only a small part of the market. A friend who's a programmer once explained how there's a coding thing that makes it difficult, but I was too dumb to understand what he was saying so I don't remember the reason.
OT I was at a show in Minneapolis this past weekend, and every damn person there had an iPhone. Now the same thing that happened with PC's will probably happen with Google's Android phone software, but it surprised me nonetheless. It matters who uses a product, and that the product creates markets and therefore shapes culture. Seriously, you couldn't throw a merch girl without hitting an iPhone in there. The merch girl was so beautiful though
OT I was at a show in Minneapolis this past weekend, and every damn person there had an iPhone. Now the same thing that happened with PC's will probably happen with Google's Android phone software, but it surprised me nonetheless. It matters who uses a product, and that the product creates markets and therefore shapes culture. Seriously, you couldn't throw a merch girl without hitting an iPhone in there. The merch girl was so beautiful though
Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
No viruses, no maintenance, no silly tweeking to get your daw to work nicely.
IT JUST FOOKING WORKS
IT JUST FOOKING WORKS
Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
you can get virus' and trojans but you pretty much have to say YES I WANT TO INSTALL THIS UNKNOWN PROGRAM PLEASE when the popup popsup,
Last edited by Emissary on Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:49 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
It just works.
Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
What's an Intel chip doing in a Mac? A whole lot more than it's ever done in a PC.
Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
Rave wrote:IT JUST FOOKING WORKS
this
Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
No software either.Rave wrote:No viruses, no maintenance, no silly tweeking to get your daw to work nicely.
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Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
No-one can be arsed to write them for such a small market.
That's what I thought
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Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
Fail!crofter wrote:No software either.Rave wrote:No viruses, no maintenance, no silly tweeking to get your daw to work nicely.
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You sound like a guy who has a chip on his shoulder. What a miserable life you lead. LOL
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Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
This.Emissary wrote:you can get virus' and trojans but you pretty much have to say YES I WANT TO INSTALL THIS UNKNOWN PROGRAM PLEASE when the popup popsup,
See here:
http://blog.intego.com/
http://www.intego.com/news/ism0901.asp
Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
Have you ever owned one? My macs haven't been infected since I got my first one over 4 year ago. LOL if you are stupid enough to install unknown or pirated software then you deserved to get hacked. That has nothing to do with the system but the stupidity of the user. I have pcs btw and they are inferior unless you are a sad twat who spends his life playing dorky games LOLrudd1028 wrote:they do get viruses.Macs just are incapable of recognizing them.
Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
rudd1028 wrote:Yea, I had a MBP and it was boring and weak.I returned it quickly and got all my money back.
Re: Why don't macs get Viruses?
It just works.Rave wrote:My macs haven't been infected since I got my first one over 4 year ago.