If Apple does not support Snow Leopard on my 13" MBP, then what are the vulnerabilities if I am using virus software and not using Safari, what else is vulnerable, Java?
- Trojans — malware that you unwittingly are duped into installing but later versions of OS X have been patched to resist.
- Java Applets — that run in Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and any other browser that you run. Java applications — are not subject to the same vulnerabilities as the applets.
- Adobe Flash
- Viruses and Malware that are written for the Mac — The first thing any decent malware does is either disable any antivirus software are hide itself from the antivirus software. No antivirus software can detect a virus until the virus is known and the antivirus signatures have been updated so the virus can be detected. Of course by then it is often too late.
- Updated Applications — that are using features, deprecated commands, etc that are not supported by Snow Leopard.
