Mossberger says the MSFT side of mac CAN get viruses

[samintx]

I thought the talk here was no it could not...but he says you will have to have virus software etc etc.....what is the real story. He is very knowledgable.... I'll see if I can fine the WSJ article but I just heard him on CNBC

[TheTominator]

Mossberger is right.

The real story.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

Word to the Wise

Windows running on a Mac is like Windows running on a PC. That means it’ll be subject to the same attacks that plague the Windows world. So be sure to keep it updated with the latest Microsoft Windows security fixes.

[Seacrest]

This was never in dispute.
At least not among people with more than half a brain.

[spearmint]

Seacrest if you are dating Teri Garr like the papers say you have more than half a brain and more to handle my fav.

[spearmint]

Oops I meant Teri Hatcher.

[modelamac]

Of course. It's real Windows.

[BigGuynRusty]

samintx Wrote:
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> I thought the talk here was no it could not...but
> he says you will have to have virus software etc
> etc.....what is the real story. He is very
> knowledgable.... I'll see if I can fine the WSJ
> article but I just heard him on CNBC


Nope, the virus threat was mentioned since the first post.

BGnR

[BigGuynRusty]

SamInTx, from the first posting about Boot Camp.:

Re: Apple officially supports Windows XP
Posted by: MGS_forgot_password (IP Logged) [Ignore]
Date: April 5, 2006 08:44AM

Word to the Wise

Windows running on a Mac is like Windows running on a PC. That means it’ll be subject to the same attacks that plague the Windows world. So be sure to keep it updated with the latest Microsoft Windows security fixes.

From the first post about Boot Camp
http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/773...#msg-77326

BGnR

[Seacrest]

To be clear: the Windows partition running Windows is susceptible to Windows malware. This much should be obvious.

Whether the malware can affect the Mac OS partition is up for debate, but seeing as -- at the moment -- Windows cannot access the Mac partition at all, the chances of it destroying Mac data are slim. The chances of Windows malware actually executing code when the Mac OS is running are even slimmer.

[Mike Johnson]

Nobody would suggest a Windows install on a mac is any less susceptible to viruses and the like.

What we have discussed at length is how switching to an Intel processor is unlikely to make OS X vulnerable to the security exploits affecting Windows. That's a whole separate issue.

What worries me is that Windows exploits on a mac could be crafted to crack an OS X partition wide open. I know people want to have both OSes running side by side but I don't think I'd do that until it's proven reasonably secure.