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Why shouldn't you install AV software on a Mac? It's the least hardened of all current OSes. Luckily it's not attacked very often.
by noja 8y ago
Why shouldn't you install AV software on a Mac? It's the least hardened of all current OSes. Luckily it's not attacked very often.
- akerl_ 8y agoIt seems unlikely that that could be the case: that Macs, which have massive market share in the kinds of places that attackers would want to compromise, have the least hardening and also aren't attacked very often. Can you clarify which other OSes you'd consider to be more hardened?
- tedunangst 8y agoWhere do we get the idea that attackers target Macs? The DNC hack, to pick one notable example, primarily targeted Windows computers.
- JoachimSchipper 8y agoBecause antivirus software itself is pretty terrible? https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/antivirus-is-bad/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/antiv... seems a pretty decent overview.