accessing mac partition on bootcamp

[mojohojo]

i just realised that now on bootcamp you can see/edit the mac partition on windows via bootcamp; unlike before you could not without using software like macdrive.
is this safe? now windows could alter your mac partition, viruses/spyware could infect it. is there a way to turn it off?

 

[balamw]

i just realised that now on bootcamp you can see/edit the mac partition on windows via bootcamp; unlike before you could not without using software like macdrive.
is this safe? now windows could alter your mac partition, viruses/spyware could infect it. is there a way to turn it off?

It is read only access by default. No edit/modify/write.

You can turn it off by renaming the driver. See the instructions in this support article. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3841

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[alust2013]

Another note, even if a windows virus did sneak its way onto your mac partition (which it could do through careless internet use even without windows), it wouldn't be able to do anything.