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Originally Posted by Tree Machine  What about the Windows side of the Intel-based Macs. Is that Windows OS virus-proof because it is in a Mac? |
Oh no, not at all. Once a Macintosh is booted into Windows, it
IS a Windows machine, just as susceptible to attacks as any other Windows machine.
What I was referring to was the protection afforded to the Windows machine by being behind the LAN managed by my Macs. Even this is not total protection for a machine that has a port open to access the Internet.
I don't do email, I don't download music or video, I don't do any critical online activities like banking or buying things with them. In fact the only reason that the Toughbook even had access to the net was light surfing before my wife got her Macbook.
If you do any of these things with your Windows systems you most definitely should use security programs to protect yourself and your data, even if your copy of Windows is running on an Apple computer.
Aerial