Will i get viruses running windows xp?

if i have a mac mini with an intel chip and running windows xp, will i need to get anti virus etc...
also my friend has got a intel imac and he is now starting to get various popups etc, is this down to having an intel chip?
are mac now going to go down the microsoft windows route to get more money by inventing bugs just to get people to buy anti virus?
i hope not as this is one of the great things about a mac.

If you use XP on your mac, you need to use a virus checker. I use the AVG free virus checker and it works pretty good on my PCs. Also, install a few good anti-spyware programs like spyware blaster, spybot s&d, and microsoft defender. The real problem is that even with that protection, some people will get spyware and viruses up the wazoo because of the behavior they have on the internet. If you like to visit seedy sites and download/run seedy files, you're gonna comprimise your XP.
However if you are a aware of what to look for, you could probably run an XP machine with no Virus/Spyware apps and be fine. My windows machines never get comprimised, and my friends machine needs to be clean-installed every couple months because he does all this poker stuff and myspace stuff and refuses to use firefox instad of IE.

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