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Rugger08 on 23 March 2008

Never, I have a mac



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sc94597 on 23 March 2008

I don't scan my computer unless i noticed a difference in performance.



Legend11 on 23 March 2008

I haven't scanned my pc for viruses, etc, in at least 3-4 months. Thanks for reminding me, I'll run one today :)



reverie on 23 March 2008
okr said:
Soriku said:
How come Macs never get viruses?

The "gentlemen", who are programming viruses & trojans, are concentrating on the clear market leader Windows.


It's just that Apple has a 3 % market share with computers (6 % in the US) but a 0.0001 % market share with malware. Macs must be safer, at least compared to the average Windows machine.



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quarashi on 23 March 2008

I haven't scanned in awhile. I had to unistall my virus protection because it's firewall wouldn't let me play TF2 so I got rid of it. So probably since December.



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RDBRaptor on 23 March 2008

About once a month, but I'm cautious to where and what I download.



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redspear on 23 March 2008

Never and I use windows and don't have a virus scan



Cheebee on 23 March 2008

Whoa! There are a lot of Mac users here! :) Didn't know that. I'm on a MacBook too. So no viruses for moi. :)



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okr on 23 March 2008
reverie said:
okr said:
Soriku said:
How come Macs never get viruses?

The "gentlemen", who are programming viruses & trojans, are concentrating on the clear market leader Windows.

It's just that Apple has a 3 % market share with computers (6 % in the US) but a 0.0001 % market share with malware. Macs must be safer, at least compared to the average Windows machine.

Yes, this argument is used often and I won't contradict. As I'm not an expert whatsoever, I don't know if it's really true that Mac OS is generally safer or if it's just the fact that virus programmers are concentrating on Windows.

I'm just happy that I don't have to run scans on my iMac and I hope it stays that way.



ihira on 23 March 2008

scan for adware/viruses maybe twice a month when I feel like it.
I've never had any major malware related problems so I tend to look over it.

I don't have any firewall or Antivirus running in the background because I hate things running in the background.



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