Mac OS X - Virus resistant?

It is simple.

Because people will buy it.

 

My non-techy opinion is that they are not resistant to viruses, but more that viruses aren't really made for osx because the amount of users is relatively small.

Anti-Virus exists for mac for the same reason it exists for PC: to make money. In my opinion, it isn't needed for either platform - it is down to the user to be careful in what they download and view in my opinion.

 

One word: UNIX. It is very secure.

To the two morons who voted "No, it is not resistant." TROJANS ARE NOT VIRUSES. THEY ARE NOT WHAT THIS POLL IS ABOUT. And the marketshare argument is a myth. There were viruses for Mac OS 9 and it had smaller marketshare than OS X ever had. Why aren't there any for OS X? Hmmm... UNIX.

Virus=Installs itself in the background without you knowing
Trojan=End-user must install it, thus it is always human error when you get a trojan

 

It's not resistant by any means. Apple has MUCH less of the market for computers, and that's another huge reason why Macs don't have any viruses (yet).

 

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=635248

 

people have spouted this for years and years now. yet as pointed out above OS 9 had viruses and had a smaller marketshare. its a myth.

OS X is very stable, that doesn't mean that it is impervious.