Originally Posted by Superkid11
Ah, but does it have its own virus scanner? That's the difference, from what I can see it stops viruses from getting in but if one manages to how can you detect it without a scanner without just letting it do whatever it's supposed to do?  |
I don't think you understand how viruses work. Viruses are essentially just small applications. 99.99% of viruses are written for Windows (and the other 0.01% are
not written for Mac), and for the same reason you can't just double-click MSPAINT.EXE on a Mac and expect it to run, no Windows viruses will run on a Mac either. You could collect 1000 of the most deadly and devastating Windows viruses ever created and try to run them on your Mac. What would happen? Absolutely nothing.
I suggest you read this article. It sums it up nicely:
http://news.digitaltrends.com/featured_article79.html
(NOTE: Ignore the part that says "since Apple doesn't offer an Excel-compatible spreadsheet application." Apple now offers one as of two months ago, a month or so after this article was written.)
Originally Posted by Superkid11
I'll do that. Speaking of Time Machine, how goes modifying it into TARDIS?  |
I got as far as renaming the application itself from Time Machine to TARDIS. It appeared to still work at this point, but I got cold feet and decided I didn't want to risk breaking the OS just to be cute.
However if someone can find me a 512x512 TARDIS icon...