It is possible to boot a Mac into windows, and then that Mac is as suceptible as any other machine running windows. Mac OS X is UNIX and that's the difference that provides Mac's immunity to malware.
The greatest threats are now not malware, but phishing/ID theft threats.

A Piper
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On Oct 5, 2008, at 9:43 AM, "Noel Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 Hal,

Hate to tell you, malware for macs is on the rise now that they use more intel/windows stuff etc...

N.Y. RUSSELL
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hal Gordon
Sent: Sat, 04 October 2008 12:33:05
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Face book and other computer quirks for boaters

My mac seems to keep me clear of that bad stuff.
Hal
On Sep 29, 2008, at 12:19 PM, Arild Jensen wrote:

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> at which you ran a great risk of picking up a particularly nasty
> malware.
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