The trap that many Mac users fall into is believing that because there are currently no known viruses targeting the Mac, it's safe from attack. In reality, the Mac OS, its included applications, and third-party applications have and will continue to have security issues that can allow some form of attack; it's just that the attack isn't likely to be from a virus. But if something erases your data, gains access to your personal information, blocks the use of your Mac holding it ransom, or manipulates web pages to generate ad revenue, you're not likely to care whether it was a virus, an attack launched through a web site, or a Trojan horse you allowed to be installed; however it happened, your Mac is still infected with a nasty bit of malware or adware.

No, many of the anti-virus programs do nothing for a Mac since there are no viruses in the wild that can infect a Mac OS X system. Some, such as Norton and McAfee actually end up doing harm to the operating system. Bottom line: If you own an Apple Mac, you should definitely invest in solid Internet security protection. Personally, I like the simple-but-effective Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac 2015.

After the Windows installation, I could basically attach the VMDK file to VMware program, which is similar to VirtualBox and run the Windows there. If you want your virtual disk to be compatible with VirtualPC by Microsoft then choose the VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) option. Unlock VMware Player for the Mac OS X virtual machine. By default, VMware player cannot run a Mac OS X virtual machine on Windows. We need to patch the player to unlock this capability manually. For that end, we will use the unlocker that the splendid fellows at InsanelyMac have created. We will have to download the following file. Windows 8 for virtual machine. Maybe you’d like to test drive OS X before switching to a Mac or building a Hackintosh, or maybe you just want to run that one killer OS X app on your Windows machine.