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OH NO! Apple recommends using Antivirus Software!
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 7:23 am
by EagerBeaver
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08 ... _os_x.html
After years of jabbing Micro$oft for the seeming need to run antivirus software on Windows, Apple has quietly posted its own recommendation for similar security with its own operating system.
The knowledge base article, posted roughly a week and a half ago, doesn't go so far as to say the software is necessary but still advocates "widespread use" of more than one antivirus package to minimize security risks.
By using more than one piece of security software, virus writers can't assume that there will be a particular security suite to bypass, Apple says. In Windows, more advanced viruses already know to look for certain defense suites and will mask themselves or even disable the protection to make their tasks easier.
Apple currently recommends Intego's VirusBarrier X5, McAfee's VirusScan for Mac, and Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus 11.
The posting isn't necessarily a reversal of opinions for Apple, though it does reflect an overall softening of its opinions. While one of the first "Get a Mac" TV spots in 2006 made fun of Windows' susceptibility to viruses and portrayed the Mac as near-immune, the current campaign doesn't mention this point. The company's current FAQ for curious switchers also simply says that Mac OS X "resists most viruses" and doesn't make any blanket statements.
At present, there isn't any immediate cause for a change in Apple strategy. Outside of proofs of concept, few instances exist of widely propagated viruses or other malicious code for the Mac.
Hmmmmmmmm.
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 7:38 am
by Mole_J
My laptop which is a PC has no anti-virus on it actually. I don't think I have any viruses at the moment.
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 8:00 am
by MacUser
You know why right? Because it runs Windoz now. That's it in a nutshell... because as you see.. none exist in the wild.
A mac tech told me once it was to help relieve the burden on the PCs. Stopping as many PC viruses as possible that pass thru macs unharmed.
I do personally catch via forwarded emails and delete a lot of these. So I'm doing my part without helping the antivirus companies.
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 11:32 am
by beckrl
Any computer that is online is at risk.
PC or MAC Its all in the code of the virus. Some day MAC will be updating thier security as more viruses will be wrote to target the MAC.
OH NO! MacUser
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:50 pm
by RamboPreacher
plenty of malware for apples. "virus", Okay - not that I am aware of, but lots other kinds of, malware etc.
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 12:57 pm
by MacUser
beckrl wrote:Any computer that is online is at risk.
PC or MAC Its all in the code of the virus
Ahh Grasshopper.. but it's not about the virus code.. it's about the HOLES in the targeted OS platform that results in a security threat in which a carefully crafted rogue application takes harmful advantage of.
PC virus code fails to execute on a Mac. So instantly you are safe from millions of nasty variants (whether email, online, etc). To date, no virus code exists in the wild that targets any actual security issues in the Mac OS X platform.
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 1:58 pm
by beckrl
MacUser wrote:beckrl wrote:Any computer that is online is at risk.
PC or MAC Its all in the code of the virus
Ahh Grasshopper.. but it's not about the virus code.. it's about the HOLES in the targeted OS platform that results in a security threat in which a carefully crafted rogue application takes harmful advantage of.
PC virus code fails to execute on a Mac. So instantly you are safe from millions of nasty variants (whether email, online, etc). To date, no virus code exists in the wild that targets any actual security issues in the Mac OS X platform.
Ahh True, True.. I myself have had very little virus, malware, but I take care where I go online and what emails I receive and open. I have had to clean up after alot of virus and the like for other people pc's. In the future MacUser I maybe calling on you
If ya'll would like to know a program that will take off virus, malware,etc.
that alot of big name antivirus software can't
(for pc's )PM me
Post it
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 2:31 pm
by Pastor Gary
beckrl wrote:If ya'll would like to know a program that will take off virus, malware,etc. that alot of big name antivirus software can't
(for pc's )PM me
Why not just post it?
Re: Post it
Posted: December 3rd, 2008, 5:53 am
by beckrl
Pastor Gary wrote:beckrl wrote:If ya'll would like to know a program that will take off virus, malware,etc. that alot of big name antivirus software can't
(for pc's )PM me
Why not just post it?
For the reason I wasn't sure I could, But thanks to you PG
It's not intended to replace any software but as a tool for removal of virus, etc. You don't have to install. Intended for tech's
Here's the tutorial to help and the link to download
Combofix
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix
Posted: December 3rd, 2008, 5:57 am
by MacUser
beckrl wrote:In the future MacUser I maybe calling on you
No problem. Glad to advise on a wise purchase. Just ask the switchers I've converted. They haven't looked back.
Posted: December 3rd, 2008, 4:10 pm
by MacUser
LOL.. NOTE: Apple removed the above old OUTDATED KnowledgeBase article.
Apple removes antivirus support page
http://www.macworld.com/article/137267/ ... moved.html?
"We have removed the KnowledgeBase article because it was old and inaccurate," Apple spokesman Bill Evans, told Macworld.
"The Mac is designed with built-in technologies that provide protection against malicious software and security threats right out of the box.”
******
Whoo Hooo...
After I called Apple and talked to Steve.. he quickly removed this..