Time to get your head out of the sand and realize just because you're running ______ OS you're safe and don't have to worry about threats.
Add "Browser" to that statement and you'll hit the nail on the head.

As for macs having less viruses -- check my previous posts if you want my opinion. (which is basically the same as supernova)



And, perhaps, Macs are the minority for the exact reason that Tynk explained -- Windows was (is?) more focused on user-friendliness. But even if we threw users at the Mac OS, I still feel that they wouldn't learn just because Macs ALWAYS had a admin-account elevation.

I mean, I told my friends time and time again about spam mails and phishing and chainmail junk... and yet I STILL get emails like... "If you forward this message to 10 people, a little leprechaun will appear on your monitor! But only after you click 'send'" or "Bill Gates is giving away free money to those who forward this email!" and whatnot. Even with my warnings and it being, oh... 2008, they still fall for that crap.

If Macs were the OS of choice, you can't just pick and choose the "smart" users and I'm not convinced that users will BECOME smart via usage. If that were true, all Vista users would be smarter as long as they USED UAC. But since pretty much all admin-elevation security methods are as simple as a single click to make the "nag window" go away, they're not learning anything. In fact, MOST of the time they're learning this: "If I click this box, it goes away and nothing bad happens." And that later develops to "If nothing bad happens, why do I have to click a stupid box all the time?" Not until they get a virus do they understand WHY they have to THINK before clicking "ok".




In any case, I'm done with my OT-ness, though the derail was still in the realm of account security.