Hi. Are older macs (g5, tiger, safari 4.1.3) secure for online shopping?

My elderly mother has an old imac (see above). As she no longer drives and is dependent on others to take her shopping, we were wondering whether she could use the supermarket shop online service securely from her mac.
Thanks in anticipation!

How much malware has been written for the Mac? very few -- less than ten instances would be my guess.
daily.cvd
not-OSX.Tored
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-1
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-3
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-2
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-4
daily.cvd
Trojan.OSX.Miner
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-6
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-7
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-17
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-18
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-15
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-16
daily.cvd
Adware.OSX
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashfake.Java
daily.cvd
OSX.Defma
daily.cvd
MacOSX.Revir-1
daily.cvd
OSX.BlackHol
daily.cvd
OSX.BlackHol-1
daily.cvd
MacOSX.iMuler-1
daily.cvd
Trojan.OSX.FlashBack.A
daily.cvd
OSX.DevilRobber
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-5
daily.cvd
Trojan.OSX.Imuler
daily.cvd
OSX.Word.Malware
daily.cvd
OSX.Word.Malware-1
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-8
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-10
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-12
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-9
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-13
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-14
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashfake
daily.cvd
OSX.SubPub
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-19
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-20
daily.cvd
OSX.Maljava
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-21
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashfake-1
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashfake-2
daily.cvd
OSX.Flashback-22
main.cvd
OSX.RSPlug
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.iservices.A
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.iservices.B
main.cvd
OSX.DNSChanger.dmg
main.cvd
OSX.DNSChanger.dmg-1
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.RSPlug.F.dmg
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.RSPlug.F.dmg-1
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.RSPlug.F.dmg-2
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.RSPlug.F.dmg-3
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.RSPlug.F.dmg-4
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.RSPlug.F.dmg-5
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.RSPlug.G.dmg
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.RSPlug.G
main.cvd
Exploit.OSX.Safari
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.Cowhand
main.cvd
Backdoor.OSX.BlackHole
main.cvd
Trojan.Downloader.OSX
main.cvd
OSX.Flashback
main.cvd
Trojan.Downloader.OSX-1
main.cvd
OSX.DNSChanger
main.cvd
OSX.Trojan-2
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.Opener
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.RSPlug.C
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.RSPlug.D
main.cvd
OSX.Tored
main.cvd
OSX.RSPlug-2
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.OpinionSpy.B
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.OpinionSpy.A
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.MacDefender
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.MacDefender.B
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.MacDefender.C
main.cvd
OSX.Defma-1
main.cvd
OSX.Defma-2
main.cvd
Trojan.OSX.MacBack
main.cvd
Trojan-Downloader.OSX.Fav.A
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Trojan-Downloader.OSX.Fav.B
From the ClamAV Virus Database. True, most recent ones are Intel only. But there has been one quite recent instance of a Trojan written for PPC. Unusual, I agree.
Article on malware for PPC Macs
srtp: one other thing you can do is to use OpenDNS, which will help prevent web sites from being redirected to malicious ones.
Simply open Network>Advanced>DNS in Sys Prefs and enter the following numbers for the interface you use, e.g. Airport, Ethernet or Modem/Dial-Up
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Hit OK and then Apply. Make sure those numbers are entered above any others you may have there.
To check to see if it's working
http://www.opendns.com/welcome/

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