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The simplest answer is the most obvious one- there are just more viruses out there for PCs. The question then becomes why are more viruses written for PCs than Macs? Do virus writers prefer to attack PCs? Is it easier to attack the windows operating system? Yes and yes. There are many perspectives from which you could analyze the question but the bottom line says it all. PCs occupy a significantly larger portion of the computer market and therefore provide more opportunity for an attacker to make money.

When deciding on a web hosting service a big consideration is whether they will handle all your security issues. Security leaks in Internet Explorer are a common way for malware (software designed to do bad things) to infect a computer and advertise on it. Ever see one of those ads that says, “Your computer might not be secure! Click here to test your protection?” I’d be loathing to try it, if I were you. With the rise of these types of security flaws, called social engineering exploits, there will always be a chance that any format, pc or Mac has a chance of exposure.

Virus protection software has included some new features over the years inspired by free anti-virus innovations. All lot of web hosting includes these software solutions to protect your valuable information. Some of the new anti-virus protection programs have a star graphic or check mark next to web search links to indicate the site you visit won’t be “phishing” for your information. This will also protect against the scariest threat of all on the internet- Identity theft.

There are so many different types of threats it can be really difficult to keep up. Rest assured if your web hosting keeps your operating system up to date, regularly update their anti-virus software, has a firewall ready, and uses some sort of ad-ware protection you can be confident that your service- pc or Mac is safe enough to do all of your daily business.

In the end, PCs are less expensive than Macs. They do basically the same things and work equally well in most respects. To prefer one over the other based on the fact one is less secure is more a reflection of your web hosting’s inability to protect you than on the inherent architecture differences. It makes more sense to say I like Macs because they look so much cooler than it does to say it’s because they are more secure.

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