Originally Posted by
altaskier
My wife and I use Macs, but our daughter has a PC. She got hit with something that tried to redirect all web browser network traffic through some proxy server. Ended up I had to wipe her system clean and reinstall, and put antivirus stuff on it. Sort of forgot about that antivirus stuff when she first got the laptop, since I've not had to use it since I switched to Mac five years ago.
Which is a dangerous viewpoint to have. Macs are not inherently immune to viruses and malware. Rather, it's just that there are relatively few Macs in the market, so virus/malware developers have ignored Macs to date. There's no guarantee that that will continue to be the case, however. You should still exercise caution and not click on everything you see.