It wouldn't do any good to write viruses for OS X. No Active X to transmit them. Ports are not open by default the way Windows does. Mac OS X is more secure by design; the myth that there are no viruses for Macintosh because no one bothers is pure Microsoft generated myth.
"It wouldn't do any good to write viruses for OS X. No Active X to transmit them. Ports are not open by default the way Windows does. Mac OS X is more secure by design; the myth that there are no viruses for Macintosh because no one bothers is pure Microsoft generated myth."
The myth is that you know what you're talking about.
You don't need active X to transmit virus', worms, etc on PCs, Mac's or whatever computer.
And as far as those "default" Mac settings:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1029572/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1012349/posts At 5% market share it would be hard to get a Mac virus to propagate by the shear difficulty in finding one to spread it to in a sea of PCs. That is your saving grace whether you know it or not.