Alleycat169 wrote: The tip of the day from slashdot.org is that viruses only infect Windows OS and travel via Outlook Express. If you don't use Windows or Outlook you are completely safe. Hmmm...sounds like a definate plug for Macs. Sounds more like a plug not to use Outlook. If my car has a dent in it, I wouldn't go out and buy a new car (I wish! :). I'd repair the dent... Alletycat169 wrote: I know you guys love your PC's, but they are like cars with no doorlocks with the keys welded into the ignition. Anyone with a little knowledge and nerve can take them for a ride. Anyone virus author with the will and the knowledge can write viruses for virtually any OS. As Wyldesnake has stated, the Windows platform is a dominant OS on the planet and therefore, by volume, it would have the most viruses written for it. If all the PC users in the world suddently switched over to Mac, the virus authors will simply go where the action is and start working out Mac viruses. It's like being a celebrity. The more famous and popular you are, the more people will try to dig up dirt on you to use against you. I hear that with the new UNIX core of OS X, the Mac will be more vulnerable to hackers and viruses than with its previous operating systems. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't stop using your Mac, and scoff at the suggestion that you do, just because you could be running into more viruses. The solution would be just to take precautions and exercise a bit of common sense. That tends to be beneficial regardless of what platform you run.