Do we need security programs on an iBook or home computer?

Question

I have iBook. Hardly ever connect in stores/Starbucks online. Can I get hacked? Infected? Breached? and if so, do we apple owners need a program to protect us?

Answer 1

PS:
You do not need to buy a license to try or use iCab.
The maker could tell you if an update to a licensed
version were available for obsolete Panther 10.3.9
otherwise the versions in the downloads page work.
One of my older Macs has an iCab version, however
when visiting some sites, it says the browser is out-
of-date; even though I can use settings inside iCab
to have it appear to be a different browser identity.
If a paid-for license adds newer browser identities,
I don't know. -- This would be question for the maker.
See this version for PPC + OS X 10.3.9:
iCab 4.9 (08.06.2012)
•iCab Downloads:
http://www.icab.de/dl.php
To find a retail Tiger 10.4 install DVD may be a difficult search
as could the effort to locate a retail Leopard 10.5 install DVD.
If you are in the US, you could try Apple sales support 800#
from their main web site, and ask for an operating systems
specialist; be ready with your computer serial number & model
name, and processor info. You could ask if they could help
you find a replacement copy of the Tiger 10.4 install disc set
for your computer; and in addition, if the model could support
Leopard 10.5, you should inquire about ordering that as well.
Both may or may not be available. These would not be retail
labeled nor would they be original gray-label discs; there is a
chance the Apple sales support may be able to have copies
of these discs made from another archive, on to disc media.
If so, there may be a fee per disc; you could order by phone
should that opportunity be the case. Other updates to these
systems should still be available online via Software Update;
since the base level OS X 10.4 would need Combo update to
take it to last step 10.4.11; same with base 10.5, to 10.5.8.
If the planets align and someone you talk to at Apple support
says they find you can order a replacement copy of these OS
X versions otherwise almost impossible to find -- get both.
Hopefully someone at the sales support can direct you to an
OS X systems specialist who can arrange to sell you either
or both of these as replacements, so you can do a full install
of either or both (depending on your computer hardware) and
to allow you to access the internet with later browser, etc. This
is not a certainty, but if available (some don't know, apparently)
you should be able to pay a reasonable fee to obtain these.
So a form of payment such as a CC should be available, in case.
Good luck in this matter!