You may see it as Ford vs Chevy, but I have yet to need to wipe my system clean and restore my OS System on my Mac. I was getting killed with viruses on my PC despite using virus and malware security software. I am a computer numbskull so I have no clue what I was doing to get malware. Itry not to open suspicious emails and no better than to click on suspicious links. I shop on line a lot. Could that do it? Iamalso a news junkie.
All I know is that malware has not crashed or locked up my Apple Mac yet. I still shop at all the same places and visit all the samenewssites Idid when I used a PC. Just now virus free.
I’ve never had to do that to a PC except for a lightning strike. And even then, I reloaded the OS and the darned thing worked just fine, and I still had everything on my hard drive.
Oddly, I don’t get viruses either.
[[I was getting killed with viruses on my PC despite using virus and malware security software.]]
Me too- just doing simple searches for say ‘cantaloupes’ or ‘ford cars’ or whatever- you’d go to what looked like a legit link and bam- was getting redirected to sites infected with viruses that automatically downloaded before you coudl get out of the site- It got so bad at one point- I decided to make the switch to linux- got sick of dealing with the constant defensive tactics needed to prevent viruses on windows- Talk about having to maintain a system constantly- That was a royal pain- I’ve had linux now for a couple of years- and havent’ had to worry abotu viruses-
[[I shop on line a lot. Could that do it?]]
Depends on where you shop- I try to only shop at known major sites like Amazon, Walmart, Cabellas, Sears, etc- all reputable major companies that you know have adequate security for their sites- (almost always anyways) If you shop at obscure, unknown small sites- then yeah- they can be dangerous
another tip- if you need something off a smaller unknown website store- spend a little extra money and get a gift card for around the same amount, and use it instead of your regular credit card- The less you use your regular card, the safer your info will be- especially when it comes to unknown sites-