Mac OS X threats

neil_g wrote in post #7191325
not installing AV purely because you dont install hooky software is a touch naive as like i say even the most innocent of actions like plugging in a USB device potentially could see you infected.

becides, how do you know youve never had a virus etc if you dont have AV installed..

Umm, yea.

keep in mind that many viruses (virii?) are not actually destructive to your system... at one time virus' would be so malicious as to format your C:\ drive or delete all your .jpg files... sometimes with a cute message telling you what they were doing... they've now realized there's no money in that. The big money now is in creating "zombie" networks to send out spam or use the combined power to brute force break passwords, or keyloggers to steal passwords... many smart enough to run in background or at night where you don't even realize they are running - with tactics like that, how could you tell you were infected or not WITHOUT AV software? Just something to think about.