Apple realy no virus? No antivirus require?

no antivirus require, but mac sometimes had some hole & flaws, but it be fix by apple update..

Can u mention some examples of hole & flaws? SOmething like Freeze?

Got...apple got more virus then windose that apple gave up on creating anti virus for it... >.>

wahhh..really ?

gimme URL for that statement

have a read here: http://www.apple.com/getamac/viruses.html and that is true indeed, not just some apple advertising their own product.

in fact that microsoft developers spend a lot of time in improving and increasing security + its issue (because of virus treat, malware etc), while apple developer spend more time on improving the os itself (since they dont have much virus issue to deal with).

i cant remember where i read this,(probably in the papers) an antivirus corporation's staff was asked if macs will have any antivirus solution,and if not,why..
he said there are just too little viruses for the mac to warrant an antivirus application.

there are actually reported virus for mac. but the treat is just insignificant, hence it is better term as hole and flaws and security update from apple fixed it most of the time. that is why anti-virus software etc for mac is not necessary.

actually...the macs in my school are riddled with viruses cos the incompetent IT manager let a virus get in...stupid.

What virus is that?

My Ipod Nano got infected my Trojan Backdoor before... Not sure about Macs though...

some sort of macrovirus that affects every single effing thing on the macs...like word documents and stuff are all riddled..

this is because you are running FAT/FAT32 partition format

will not have virus if you running on Machintosh format

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/...39272051,00.htm

Just , read...There are , but the OS is soo solid that viruses can't even replicate and delete stuff

So it means that really no need to install any anti-virus whatsoever for my Macbook?

Why waste the HDD space installing such programs which were build to aid windose?

I dunno others but I've used Mac for the past 7 years, I never install any Antivirus til todate.

not necessary. just be cautious on what you open / run. that's it. no biggy, if the virus was made to harass windows then it wouldn't be working on the mac os in the first place.

also, nobody want to infect MAC anyway. Population too small. No point and no fun

hehe. ever tried to infect a unix-based system?

Yep. damn true. The reason there are no viruses on Mac is nobody even care to write a virus for it. Complete waste of time. But the Mac OS X is still a better OS than Vista i feel. For the fact that you do get the feelings that Vista is a OS X rip-off

Believe it or not, there is a varient of Brontok virus that can affect MacOS X. My gf's iMac icons on the desktop just disappeared one by one......... scary..

we r talking about os not mp3 player lah , your ipod got virus becoz you r format it as windows format already , if you use mac format should be no this problem loh , but once you format it as mac version, you cannot use windows to download or upload songs already .

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Added on April 5, 2007, 1:20 ami already use mac for long time , i never kena virus/hacker/spam/spy ware....... i think virus creater was no interst wif mac os kua . coz no much ppl use mac in world and they got no point to infect mac os coz virus will not course mac os die de , juz maybe course some software cannot use only ....

This post has been edited by oc_yee: Apr 5 2007, 01:20 AM

No viruses for Mac(only very little and it's like so hard to get attacked by them). Now, Go and buy a Mac

haha. great. so you say "no viruses" followed by "only very little".

I've been using Macs since 1988. I've installed Mac antivirus programmes in the past but have only detected a virus ONCE on a 3.5" floppy. It did NOT cause any damage.

Since then, I've not detected any more.

So much so, I've stopped installing antivirus software.

That answer the question?

I've never install antivirus in my office's mac at all...dunno got virus or not...

my fren said virus was created by mac user. haha:P Dunno true or not.

My friend said that Windows user loves to hack own OS to test their security, but eventually...

mac doesnt hv more virus then windows ok
windows hv more then a thousand viruses when apple has only 10

owh nw i c y mac hav performance power despite da hardware itslef..cool..

What's wrong with the hardware? It's not lacking in any way, is it?

try check this out

http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/04/10.9.shtml

Because nobody interested to create virus in Mac, only 4% desktop market share

I have got virus infected in my apple three years agoooooo.... I formatted, then until now, i donoooooo...

nothing is secure.

i wish i could be a mac group of users later on. got myself bored with all the "windows-tindows" thing... my next notebook would likely be a mac book..

Guess people are more concentrate on "no virus" than usability of the computer?

hurmm..need more concentrate on "defending your own territory" after this

executing more chkrootkit detector and upgrade security baseline , in whatsoever OS we have

just because you don't see any, doesn't mean there aren't any, and there won't be any...

i am jealous. I am almost formatted my PC average every 3 months. I hate it i had to reinstall everything from roots~! it could take my half day to complete part of the things i need.

Malware, spyware is even scarier than virus. They attack my pc without ur notification when u enter any website esp CHINA website.

aiyak ..u can create image disk for that ..u can load a new fresh OS each time u wanna format

by the way , why u send posting regarding PC if thread talks about virus within Apple ? not relevant i think

how about u switch to Mac ..heheh

This post has been edited by kevler: Apr 13 2007, 11:25 AM

why don't you use ZoneAlarm and stop the malware and spyware at the entrance? I mean, if you want to use Windows, do some research and find out how to stop intruders.

rather than come into a Mac user forum and whine about windows

cheers bro, he's just jealous. nothing wrong of being jealous. who knows one day he might switch over.

I am just plainly jealous over Mac OS..haha..

The security softwares in my PC is more than 5 oredi.
Gosh..i still duno how to use Ghost image.
Well, cut off the PC thingy here.

Cool down guys. I am just giving myself an excuse to try-on Mac. Issit too lame?!

My next setup would be a MAC! ( no matter how poor i am... i have my plan onto it.)

Dude, get a hackintosh..

apa itu vin

dude , have you read the hackintosh thread , google for it dude....Let me sum this up , OSX86 for PCs...thats right , run MacOS X on your PC

alrite...thankx...but..hmm...will it be stable?

Again it all depends on your hardware. I can't say it would be stable or not. If you have a compatible hardware , then yeah why not ...it'll be stable..It will be good for torrenting ,surfing the net , MSNing , youtubeing...That is what I use OSX mainly for...