[stinkerpot65]

Bull. You can't write an effective virus for OSX because of its Unix base. There has never been an OSX virus, other than Word macros, etc.

[BigSkyFreeper]

You can't write an effective virus for OSX because of its Unix base.

Sure you can, no one has bothered.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

Will someone help out an old geezer that has forgotten his antique computer skills. I thought that Internet Explorer and the associated email programs were vulnerable to hackers because they were integrated into the Microsoft operating system. This integration occurred because some high priced executive in MS thought that they could sell more browsers that way.

I also thought that an independent browser and an independent email program inherently foiled viruses. Am I wrong?

When we come to Macs the browser and emails are independent of OS X, hence they inherently are more secure. Do I reason incorrectly.

Thanks