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Your computer might also be struck by a meteor, but it's pretty unlikely. People are poor at evaluating risk, especially outside their areas of expertise. Gett
by ubermonkey 6y ago
Your computer might also be struck by a meteor, but it's pretty unlikely.
People are poor at evaluating risk, especially outside their areas of expertise. Getting software only from reputable sources is an EXCELLENT way to avoid malware. I'm not sure what your comment adds here.
- benologist 6y agoYour computer might be struck by a meteor, but Apple has removed malicious apps from the Mac app store, and thousands from the iOS app store, despite registering the developers and reviewing the apps. https://www.hackread.com/apple-removes-anti-malware-apps-for-stealing-data/ https://www.hackread.com/apple-removes-anti-malware-apps-for...
- jonfw 6y agoObviously it doesn't eliminate all the risk, but it does eliminate quite a lot. It doesn't need to be perfect to be effective
- 14 6y agoIf Apple detected a piece of malware in the App Store and realized it had been downloaded thousands of times surely they can do something to help out those who have downloaded it? Like an update to the app to remove it possibly? Personally I have to agree with your thoughts and I stopped torrenting years ago out of fear of a ransomware and only buy legitimate software. Younger me was not able to afford that and my security suffered as a result.
- benologist 6y agoWhen Apple identifies malware they can update macOS to block or remove it. This doesn't require the Mac app store to fix, and piracy doesn't have to be the cause, for instance Mac Defender was distributed through its own websites. Ironically it was suggested this fake anti-malware software could be avoided by using the Mac app store, but malicious anti-malware software has also been spread by and removed from the Mac app store. It's the same for users either way, Apple addresses the problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Defender https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Defender https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-promises-os-x-update-to-delete-mac-defender-malware/ https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-promises-os-x-update-t...
- panpanna 6y ago> downloaded thousands of times You wish, the Xcode ghost infected apps had 500m installs in total. They were silently removed.
- saagarjha 6y agoThe point that just because software is signed does not make it reputable. A lot of malware is signed these days.
- gshulegaard 6y agoTrue, but the quote was "signed by Apple" so the real question is how much malware is signed by Apple? I have no idea what the actual figure is, so I am mildly curious, but my hunch is not much (if any).
- saagarjha 6y agoNone, Apple obviously only signs their software. I am assuming that they really meant “signed with a valid developer ID”.
- based2 6y agohttps://plus.maths.org/content/goumldel-and-limits-logic https://plus.maths.org/content/goumldel-and-limits-logic