Im talking about checking for viruses, Trojans, malware, etc...
You neve have to do that with Apple.
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That’s not because Apples software is magical , in fact it has as many holes as MS Windows... it’s just that the hacker community goes after the bigger target.
Apple is A LOT more sercured.
Microsoft on the other hand has more holes, back doors, etc.. than a kitchen strainer.
MS code is easy to hack - Unix not so much - ask NSA. Size of target is just one factor.
There are as many, if not more, vulnerabilities in OS X / iOS than there are in Windows. That is because Apple includes in the distribution of OS X, most of the packages that go along with UNIX, and when there are vulnerabilities found and patches made for those components of UNIX, Apple reports them as well as the vulnerabilities/patches for OS X. Apple also included an entire suite of software with every distribution of OS X. Any vulnerability/patch that is found is also included when reported as an OS X vulnerability. That increases the total number for OS X.
Windows is only counted for the OS distribution. However, the total number of CRITICAL vulnerabilities/Exploits actually in the wild is far lower. . . And the number of computers actually exploited is usually under 100 for the OS X exploits. . . And often in the ZERO to 50 category. In the iOS category, it is even smaller than that.
There was a day when security-through-obscurity might have had a touch of validity, but not so much today. Apple's security is in large-part, found in several layers of defense built-in. From the unix core, to the gatekeeper functionality. Also, the relatively "closed" system that comes from a single manufacturer with a single set of specifications for all OEM components - the OS is far more streamlined and has less variables to struggle with. The list goes on.