How often do you scan or computer for viruses and/or other risks?

[KohlyKohl]

Gnizmo said:

TheRealMafoo said:

 

 Mac market share in the US is 14%, up 60% from last year. You might want to update your numbers ;)

The Mac is very secure for the same reason Linux is. They are both Unix derivatives, and when talking solid OS's, Linux and Mac OSX should get in the ring and fight. MS should just slowly, quietly, slip out the door and hope no one saw it at the party.

DOS is a UNIX derivative last I checked, and the Windows 9X series uses a DOS base. The biggest difference is that one has a huge market share and the other two don't. I remember when Firefox was supposed to be the ultimate browser with no security issues and then it gained a significant market share and people started exploiting it. Opera, my browser of choice, benefits similarly from security through obscurity. No system is perfect, and people love finding holes to exploit. When the Mac userbase hits big enough market share there will people lining up to exploit the billion vulnerabilities no one knows exist yet.

@Soriku

Tell me AD-Aware isn't your virus "protection." Please tell me that you simply forgot to put your virus scanner. If not, go download AVG and let it do its thing. It is the second best protection against viruses out there. The best by far is users being intelligent and safe on the internets, but that is not something you can guarantee on a family computer.

DOS did not come from UNIX. In fact they are about as different as you can get.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS