Am I safe on a Mac? + some beginner questions

[cedivad]

Exactly the same thing apply for Windows. On windows you only get viruses if you do shady things/shady java websites and so on. It's not like you start a windows computer and after five minutes it automatically get infected

Well, this might happen with windows.
No, seriously.

[gweedo]

Can you show articles that prove me false?

Actually I have a windows machine as well, and I get virus all the time, that are native, that corrupt parts of the system. I don't do shady things so explain. Windows is very insecure and everyone says, mac is very stable, and I have yet to have a virus, with 10yrs of use. This is going to turn into an Apple vs Windows thing and I am not going to keep going with it.

[Raoul Duke]

Exactly the same thing apply for Windows. On windows you only get viruses if you do shady things/shady java websites and so on. It's not like you start a windows computer and after five minutes it automatically get infected

Well, this might happen with windows.
No, seriously.
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True story.
Install Windows XP on a machine and go surf the web for 1hr and you'll get a virus/trojan 90%.
No active firewall, Internet Explorer 7, OS not updated, no UAC... Do I need to say more? lol