LOL. Of course they probably think their Macs are hack proof if they don’t know anything about computers. They are just going on empirical information.
Many Mac users have never, ever, in years of use suffered a virus or malware. Those of us who know about these things know they are out there, we know they exist, and we know they could infect a Mac, but...who could blame those ignorant Mac users for thinking they are invulnerable? Most have never purchased virus protection. (I use a Mac among other things, and purchased virus protection at some time, but ended up throwing it away.)
And you must admit, a PC user would have to be a blithering idiot if you ever heard them say their PC was “hack proof”. They have the long experience to know the truth. One of the problems I see in fixing PCs for people, is that they sometimes have multiple versions of virus protection from different vendors running at the same time, occasionally in addition to some malware that is masquerading as virus protection that the poor person installed by clicking on “Yes, I want to protect my PC which is under attack”.
The point is, in the same way that people who live in regions that have numerous and destructive earthquakes darn well better know and understand there is danger just living there and you must prepare, people who live in places where there is really no history in their lifetimes of ever having an earthquake could hardly be faulted for thinking they are immune.
Of course, all it takes is one big earthquake in New England to demonstrate that point...:)
Please provide us with the names of the Mac OS X Viruses, the self-replicating, self-transmitting, self-installing viruses that infect OS X Macs IN THE WILD that are out there... the ones YOU KNOW ARE OUT THERE... please, we really want to know.
And, please, show us the Mac users who claim Macs are "hack proof." I have never seen them... just Windows fanboys claiming Mac users say it. Just before they attempt to shoot it down... a favorite straw man argument they use in anti-Mac diatribes.
Of course, ALL it takes is one viable Mac self-replicating, self-transmitting, self-installing Mac OS X virus in New England to demonstrate the point... but then one has yet to surface in almost 11 years of exposure of now almost 60 million OS X Macs... so when do you think one will appear???
Feel free to tell all hackers to attack my macs. I have a 2009 Mini and a 2007 macbook. Both stay connected to the net 24/7. When someone breaks into my machine I will happily acknowledge it here on FR with links to pictures to prove they did it.
Good luck with that, btw :)