[Leica] Re: Viruses on a Mac

[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

Sorry. I shouldn't have had a beer at lunch. I meant to say "two reasons why 
Macs are more resistant to viruses than Windows machines are, ..."


>
>> On the other hand, if you run Windows on a Parallels equipped Mac, you are
>> running it in an emulated virtual PC that connects to the internet through
>> the Mac drivers and firewall. It is a bit slower but much more virus
>> resistant.
>
> I disagree with this statement. There are two reasons why Macs are more
> resistant to firewalls than Windows machines are, and neither of those
> reasons involves drivers or firewalls. A Windows machine is a Windows
> machine, whether it is physical or virtual, and if you can get web pages to
> it then you can get viruses to it.
>
> I do not consider a Parallels-emulated Windows machine to be any more virus
> resistant than a physical windows machine. If you don't want it to get
> viruses, then don't connect it to the network and/or run antivirus software
> on it.
>
> In my experience a Parallels-emulated Windows machine is just as fast as a
> Dell or HP Windows machine. I have not seen any slowdown, even for things
> like Photoshop.
>
> Brian Reid
>
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