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

Vulnerability of running Windows on a Mac

2014-06-18 Thread George Cassell
If one were to run Windows on a MacBook Air, would that copy of Windows, and it's host computer, still be vulnerable to the viruses and other malware that currently infests the world of Windows computers, thus requiring all that system protection that doesn't seem to really work anyway? -- Georg