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#HOW MANY VIRUSES ARE THERE FOR MAC INSTALL#
#HOW MANY VIRUSES ARE THERE FOR MAC CODE#

You want to be different so you buy a Mac and Jetta and that is awesome. If you want to affect a multitude then you attack the largest user base and that is Windows. It has NOTHING to do with hooks in the OS but everything to do with the user base. I like Unix/linux/AIX…and they too have viruses out there…Just not as many as there are for Windows. Mac’s represent a very small user base, hence, there are less viruses (or applications) for that particular OS. If you think they do not exist then you are an incorrect. It is a serious issue when people are perfectly willing to mislead other people with false statements. Source: " Why There Are No Viruses for OS X " by Hedi Regaya, published at Mac Amour. Vista’s UAC is MS’s attempt to prevent changes to those totally exposed folders without your being aware of the changes.

None of those areas are exposed to the environment in OS X.

In these folders: windows, system, system32 - the most common places where I find viruses.

In the user’s local settings temp folder.

Where do viruses usually hang out in Windows:.

Not fool proof, but at least fool resistant.

#HOW MANY VIRUSES ARE THERE FOR MAC INSTALL#

OS X asks for your password before allowing you to run new software or install something.IMHO, second fundamental flaw Microsoft made. Microsoft’s backward compatibility mantra doesn’t do them any favours as to run old software they need so many old APIs, all of which can have holes in them.In earlier Windows everything ran as the system user, so the capability to compromise an entire system was easier.IMHO, this is the fundamental screw-up Microsoft made, as they created so many hooks into which someone can attack the OS. In OS X the browser is a completely separate application, its not a integral part of the OS.

#HOW MANY VIRUSES ARE THERE FOR MAC CODE#

Windows built Internet Explorer into the O/S at a very deep level, and allowed code execution within the browser.UNIX had networking built into it from the beginning, again in Windows this was bolted in at a later date.WINDOWS came from a single user architecture with security and multi user capability as an after thought. UNIX was a multi user system with a security architecture built into it at the beginning.

But did you ever wonder why there aren’t any viruses for Macs? The following article by Hedi Regaya does a great job of explaining "Why there are no viruses for OS X?" The ability to work without having to worry about viruses not only saves money, it also provides peace of mind. As I’ve previously discussed many times, one of the (many) things that makes Mac OS X such a great operating system is its rock solid security.