Do You Need an Antivirus for Your Mac? Definitely, Yes.Apple has gotten a lot of press recently regarding their position concerning the need for antivirus software to protect Macs
Apple is recommending that Mac users install antivirus software. But don’t read this as an admission that the Mac operating system is suddenly insecure.
On 21-Nov-08, a short support article appeared on Apple’s Web site, likely placed there by someone with no idea of the chain of events he or she was about to initiate. The article summary was, “Learn about antivirus utilities available for the Mac OS.” The bombshell statement in the article? “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.” The
On November 21 the blogosphere was abuzz when Apple updated a technical note on its Support Web site that 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. Virus software manufacturer Intego quickly jumped on the bandwagon and promoted the …
Somebody noticed that the Apple support site had a Knowledgebase article that advised “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.” The popular press picked up on the article and went nuts – just some of the sites that picked up the story were Information Week, Appscout, MacWorld, SCMagazineUS, SlashGear, The Register, LiquidMatrix, CN
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“We do see some attacks that are starting to take place, and the areas that appear to be of greatest concern are the DNS changer and rogue spyware-type … Read full story
What do you know? After years of quietly boasting that its computers are virtually virus-free, Apple has quietly updated its support section on its web site to include a page on antivirus utilities. You’ll find these heretofore unusual words gracing Apple literature: “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 goes on to recommend t