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    mpb windows

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by aceswild_87, Jul 31, 2006.

  1. aceswild_87

    aceswild_87 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i just wanted to know how bad the MBP would get if i virus got on it when i was on the windows side and the problems that can come from using XP im just worried that if i put windows on it that it will mess up
     
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  2. fenix

    fenix Notebook Consultant

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    I'm pretty sure that if you accidently downloaded a virus it would only affect the Windows OS as it usally does. OSX is in a different drive partition, and shouldn't be afftected by a windows corruption.

    I would check the apple boot camp site for more info, and also try Apple's own support forums.
     
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  3. Wooky

    Wooky Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes that's right, at least so far no one has developed a virus/trojan that writes into HFS+ partitions. But that is theoretically possible I am afraid. So I wouldn't install MacDrive in the XP partition, and would sure keep antivirus software up to date on it.
     
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    xbandaidx Notebook Deity

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    Yes only the Windows side would most likely be affected, seeing how OS X uses a different partition, unless for some uncanny reason the virus is programmed for OS X as well, and if it were, it wouldn't get far with OS X's security features such as needing a password, it'd be especially hard on a limited account, which you should be using for everyday use anyways.
     
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  5. Wooky

    Wooky Notebook Evangelist

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    It wouldn't happen that way. If a virus manages to write into an OS X partition while the computer is running Windows, then no protection from OS X is available. The partition could be as well an external drive to that effect. Of course, that is still only theoretical, and I personally don't think it shall happen anytime soon, but it is possible.
     
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