RE: Vulnerability of running Windows on a Mac

2014-06-18 Thread Eileen Misrahi
don’t want to bring this machine down or have to reformat it. JMO. Eileen From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 7:44 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Vulnerability of running Windows on a Mac More

Re: Vulnerability of running Windows on a Mac

2014-06-18 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
More specifically, while a virtualized instance of Windows is just as suceptible to viruses and Windows running on a real box, how that overflows to your Mac depends on how much access to your Mac you give Windows. I don't give Windows direct access to my Mac's drive as usually being able to cu

Re: Vulnerability of running Windows on a Mac

2014-06-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, of course! Windows is still Windows wherever it is! However, if you have good Windows protection it is not inevitable that you have viruses; you just have to be vigilant and keep up-to-date. Also remember that one can not afford to be unprotected on the Mac opperating system either. -- Ch