~BD~ wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:

>> Webroot (source site) sells antispyware, AV, suite w/ or w/o firewall,
>> windows washer.

> Nothing for Apple OS X though!

Webroot designs software for windows users' problems, windows-aimed
viruses, spyware, and registry.

As a general rule, OS X users are in the same situation as linux/unix
users, those myriad malware 'things' designed for windows and its
operating system and registry 'don't work' - aren't a threat - to OS X
and other non-win systems.

So then the OS X user only has to worry about what s/he might 'pass on'
to Win users and the much much less common OS X threats.

In addition, the design and use of OS X is more secure than Win's,
altho' not as secure as that of linux in which the majority of users get
their apps from certified repositories and install in root/admin or
superuser mode.

Consequent to the lesser numbers of users compared to Win and the much
greater security compared to Win, the sensible/logical malware writer
would write for Win rather than the others. Because of the linux/mac
difference, there is even less linux malware than mac malware - leading
to the paradox 'the more secure you are, the less threats there are'.


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Mike Easter