Originally Posted by Cubdriver

Part of the problem with PC vulnerability to to malicious code is simply due to their prevalence among users. I don't have the numbers handy, but most computer users own PCs which is why the best way to wreak havoc as a malicious code writer is to write stuff for PCs. An expert on malicious code said you can also write harmful code for Macs but why bother. That of course does not mean your troublesome PC now works simply because it is among a larger number of users, quite the opposite and not a bad reason to switch. I am just making the point that as far as virsus and that srt of thing, there is no magic about Macs and they are just as susceptible in theory. I will stick up for PCs inasmuch as I have been using them for the last decade and the only trouble I had with them was due to bad code getting into them. I reloaded windows xp on my present machine, a Dell xps 400, after it crashed from malicious code infections. It has been working fine. Before that it worked fine for 4 years straight, day in and day out. I would say dump McAfee is you want to dump something, but that is just my take on it.