[boop]

My thought was that Windows 7 should be more secure, because it has the latest anti-malware programs. I’m not sure how true that is. My Windows XP has been the victim of several attacks, even with malwarebytes and avast. I thought that hackers would leave older systems alone, but that hasn’t been the case in my experience. Maybe I should go back to Windows 95. What hacker would care enough to go after a really old OS?

[Yosemitest]

If I read Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac correctly, if you get a problem on the windows side that you can't get out with malware removal,

you simply delete the Windows program and reload from backup,
or you just switch to the IMac Snow Leopard side and continue working.

A virus that locks up Windows, won't lock up the IMac side of the computer.