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I would guess many 20-somethings have recommended a mac to their parents with this as one of the bullet points. At a time, it was more or less true - when dropp
by taurath 9y ago
I would guess many 20-somethings have recommended a mac to their parents with this as one of the bullet points. At a time, it was more or less true - when dropping a virus on your windows PC was as easy as loading a malicious activex website, macs just didn't even have it. Not to say macs weren't vulnerable, but the attack surface was lower and the cost/benefit to people trying to bot-net your mom's Mac was higher than everyone's unpatched Compaq running Win98.
- 80211 9y agoI'm a 50-something and my Mom with her Mac manages to get infected with browser-based malware. And she's pretty careful. But sometimes those "update" notifications look real to her.
- tracker1 9y agoI used to have to clear out malware remotely from one of my grandmother's computers about twice a year, for several years.. I was so happy when it finally died, bought her a chromebook, which she was very happy with. Chromebooks are probably the single best option for a computer with a keyboard. I wish the chrometops were a bit more compelling, as I'd probably switch my other grandmother (ubuntu 16.04) over. She has one program she plays a lot (since 1996) which runs under WINE.
- threeseed 9y agoI take it she isn't on a recent OSX version ? Because those apps shouldn't be able to be opened unless the author has code signed them. In which case if they are malware then just report it to Apple and they can centrally block the app.
- 80211 9y agoYes she is on the most recent OSX version.