-- Posted by stl man at 5:15 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Can you get viruses if you download movies from it? -- Posted by ManiacPenguins at 5:15 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Yes. -- Posted by LucidAssassin at 5:15 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 you get viruses from pretty much everything on it -- Posted by famous 187 at 5:15 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 YES SIRMAAM -- Posted by isobel at 5:15 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Obviously. -- Posted by cyanotype at 5:16 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 If you have a Windows computer... -- Posted by Ska Ninja at 5:16 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Yes -- Posted by DawningMidnight at 5:16 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 yup -- Posted by tick at 5:17 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from akallen at 5:16 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 If you have a Windows computer... People like you make me angry. -- Posted by Prince o palities at 5:17 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Almost certainly. -- Posted by Light Assassin at 5:18 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 huh -- Posted by drifting at 5:18 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from akallen at 8:16 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 If you have a Windows computer... There are plenty of OSX viruses. You dont even have to download things illegally to get them. Most of them are embedded, and hijack Safari with no effort at all. But to the OP: Yes, especially if they are telling you to get a new codec. Use VLC, it has pretty much every codec built in. -- Posted by taraxgoesxboom at 5:19 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Yea... -- Posted by cyanotype at 5:23 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from drifting at 8:18 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from akallen at 8:16 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 If you have a Windows computer... There are plenty of OSX viruses. You dont even have to download things illegally to get them. Most of them are embedded, and hijack Safari with no effort at all.   But to the OP: Yes, especially if they are telling you to get a new codec. Use VLC, it has pretty much every codec built in. Safari is a waste, just as much so for IE. Plenty isn't the word I'd use either... -- Posted by drifting at 5:26 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from akallen at 8:23 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from drifting at 8:18 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Quote: from akallen at 8:16 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 If you have a Windows computer...    There are plenty of OSX viruses. You dont even have to download things illegally to get them. Most of them are embedded, and hijack Safari with no effort at all.  But to the OP: Yes, especially if they are telling you to get a new codec. Use VLC, it has pretty much every codec built in. Safari is a waste, just as much so for IE. Plenty isn't the word I'd use either... There are plenty. Safari has been one of the most exploited programs this year, with a new exploit being released within hours of Apple updating it most of the time. Just because you are on a Mac doenst mean you are invulnerable. Steve Jobs blessing doesnt give you super powers, just an inflated ego. -- Posted by Salix at 5:29 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Yes -- Posted by espresso8097 at 6:57 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 Yes, just scan everything that comes in with at least Avast.