blu, you said to ozaukeemom — What you WON’T hear from him is “I can’t email you, my computer got a virus and can I have $100.00 to get it fixed?”
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Well, I was talking about that very thing with another FReeper and got the following answer back... YIKES!
It recently cost me $400 to sanitize and innoculate
my computer from over 100 malwares and viruses.
So... I’m thinking next time, it’s a Mac.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2316229/posts?page=21#21
He absolutely won’t have any virus problems with his Macintosh computer...
“”He absolutely won’t have any virus problems with his Macintosh computer...”
Maybe, but maybe not. While Macs are less vulnerable to random, indirect attacks, they are actually much more vulnerable to DIRECT attacks. This is because most Mac users have no protection at all and don’t bother scanning for security threats. I have a family member with a Mac that had a keystroke logger loaded up on her system and her accounts started to be broken into. She wound up having to not only entirely replace her computer, but had to change her online account passwords, all of her account numbers and passwords for bank and credit card accouts, and her email accounts. Big hassle and a big financial concern. I think I only heard part of the story of what happened.