I am also very stupid about computers. But a virus is worse usually later if you don't know you have one and it is not deleted.
Webroot (antivirus and spyware removal) didn't even block it. CA put up the warning and removed it. According to google info, it must be new.
I don't know why a Mac doesn't get virus problems. Guessing the assholes that put these things in gear them towards microsoft products since more people have them than apple products.
The problem for me (with Apple) is that I don't know if other windows software programs that I have will work on the Mac.
It's just a matter of time till these crooks go after their products too.
Webroot (antivirus and spyware removal) didn't even block it. CA put up the warning and removed it. According to google info, it must be new.
I don't know why a Mac doesn't get virus problems. Guessing the assholes that put these things in gear them towards microsoft products since more people have them than apple products.
The problem for me (with Apple) is that I don't know if other windows software programs that I have will work on the Mac.
It's just a matter of time till these crooks go after their products too.
Good luck, mac users as a general rule have a bit of an elitist complex about their superior and aesthetically beautiful computers. I bought a new imac last year after searching craigslist, and you won't find very many good deals that outweigh just buying a new one. Believe it or not I even found people selling their opened, used iMacs for MORE than store value because they had "optimized the OS" or some bullshit.
But I do love my mac.
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They run different operating systems and so the coding is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
A virus is, at its core, a program. A program designed for windows (PCs) will not work properly on a machine that runs the OS that Mac uses.
Thus, viruses coded for windows will ONLY work on Windows enabled computers; viruses coded for Macs will ONLY work on Macs.
Since the VAST majority of computers in the world run on Windows, people who create viruses pretty much only code for Windows, thus Macs don't have to worry *as much* because it's usually not worth the time to code a Mac virus.
I dont know what to think but 8 years ago I had Norton on My PC and it gave me so much heartache chasing viruses that I scratched it. It then proceeded to give me more trouble than any virus story I had heard. Since then I've had no virus checker or firewall and in 7 Years I've never had a problem, however I dont surf Porn or dodgy websites, only Books and a few well known sites. :drink:
