I am no expert in this area but this what I understand. 1. Viruses on an OS level are not cross platform and so a Windows exe cannot execute on the Mac side. However there are some caveats. A. In terms of stealing and damaging data if the Windows Virus can access the data stored on the mac partition then obviously it can affect the mac environment during a Windows session even though it cannot run itself when the Mac is Active. B. Some code , especially on a Malware level is designed to be cross platform. For example, Java based apps and javascript functionality inSafari . If you are going to use potentially doggy web sites with possible chance of Malware infection then probably you need protection on your Mac irrespective of what your Windows BootCamp situation is anyway. Something like MacScan would seem to be indicated. You could alternatively also eliminate the risk by disabling javascript inSafari and/or decline to install Java to run apps like Stanza ebook reader but of course you could lose valuable functionality for this increase security..
So I think the chances of problems are probably low but cannot be said to be non-existent. Protection on your Mac side as well as the Windows side would hopefully pretty much eliminate the theoretical risk . David Griffith > On 26 Dec 2014, at 01:11, joe quinn <jdawg1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Me and my wife want to install windows on our macs using boot camp. What we > want to know is, if any viruses infect the windows side of things, will it > affect the mac side of things as well? A few things to note: > We have programs that allow us to write to NTFS partitions on the mac side, > and HFS partitions on the windows side. This is why I think that if a virus > is on the windows side of things, it could go over to the mac side as well, > and vice versa. Hope I’m wrong though. Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
