• JustJosh

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  Of course, a Mac is just a PC. PC's need antivirus software. Only a matter of time before Apple gets hit with something extremely nasty.

  Posted 12/2/2008 respond (flag)

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Invulnerable No More: Apple Recommends Antivirus Software
Tech-Ex — ... "Mac OS: Antivirus utilities," says: Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult.Apple recommends three different apps, two of which, Intego VirusBarrier X5 and Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 11 for Macintosh, are available from the Apple Online Store. The third, McAfee VirusScan for Mac, is not. According to Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications at ...

Justin Long's a Liar, Apple Tells Mac Users to Install Antivirus Software
Maximum PC — ... on its support site. But don't take that to mean that Apple suddenly thinks its operating system is wrought with security holes. As Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications at McAfee points out , malware is targeting data and not a specific OS. Vulnerabilities in Flash and the Safari web browser, for example, have given rise to non-OS attacks. Reaction to Apple's recommendation? Hit the jump and post your thoughts. [image]