> "Let's hope more Apple Mac owners are also learning to take important security steps -- such as installing antivirus protection." > This is the worst possible

> "Let's hope more Apple Mac owners are also learning to take important security steps -- such as installing antivirus protection." > This is the worst possible step to take. What? He's recommending security steps, i.e. layers. What you wrote (education) is another layer. Users need anti-virus too. Recommending anti-virus as a layer is not the worst possible step to take. It's a better step than having an uneducated user with no anti-virus. It's not as good as an educated layer with anti-virus. As a side note, much of the software available for the Mac is "download from some http website that your friend recommended". Also not ideal, which is where the Mac Store is meant to come in.