View this article at: http://dev.macnn.com/articles/05/08/16/macs.safer.than.windows Tuesday, Aug 16, 2005 8:10am Macs safer than Windows, In... Macs are safer than Windows PCs for some online hazards, while online threats to computer security and privacy continue to worsen and cost American consumers more than $11 billion over the past two years. The 2005 Consumer Reports State of the Net survey of online consumers found that home users have a 1-in-3 chance of suffering computer damage, financial loss, or both because of a computer virus or spyware. However, the survey found that only 20 percent of Mac owners reported detecting a virus in the past two years, compared with 66 percent of Windows PC owners. In addition, only 8 percent of Mac users reported a spyware infection in the last six months, while 54 percent of Windows PC users reported the same. Consumer Reports offered the conclusions based on a nationally representative survey of more than 3,200 households with at-home internet access.