Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 23, 2006, at 10:00 PM, Brian wrote: > Running Windows on a Mac will not affect in any way its > vulnerability to viruses and spyware. It's the software, not the > hardware, that is vulnerable to these things. > > >> We run a PC shop at my office with Macs coming in recently. We >> are running Parallels on an iMac. It runs Windows faster than the >> PCs we have. It is also relatively immune to viruses and spyware. > Brian, With Windows running in Parallels, the viruses have to get through the Mac built in firewall first. Remember that in Parallels, Windows is running on the Mac OS. Not so for Bootcamp. Here the Mac is directly booted into Windows and is vulnerable to all Windows malware. At our university, we have been running Windows XP in Parallels on Intel Mac 17" and 20" computers using OS 10.4 for 6 months and have yet to be infected with a Windows virus. Larry Z