![]() ![]() So, those “140,000 known viruses” really are inert on Mac OS. Since viruses are programs too, Windows viruses can’t be run on OS X. ![]() What does that mean in non-nerd speak? That Macs can’t run Windows programs without running Windows. Viruses are like any program-they have to be written with platform specific languages, with instructions written for that machine, operating system, type of processor, etc. This is interesting wording, because it is PC: Don’t be a hero! Last year there were a known 140,000 known viruses for PCs. ![]() You’d better stay back, this one’s a real hum-dinger. PC: I think I got that virus that’s going around. Many times, it can be hard to draw the line between what is the truth and what is simply advertising doublespeak. There are a number of truths to this, as well as a number of myths. Macs have long been touted as the “virus-free” platform. ![]()
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