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Not true at all. Please read through their stance on requirement of antivirus on the machine in response to flashback Trojan [1]. Instead of arguing against or
by drieddust 14y ago
Not true at all. Please read through their stance on requirement of antivirus on the machine in response to flashback Trojan [1]. Instead of arguing against or for Antivirus, they are blaming windows.
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Do I need anti-virus software?
Ah! The loaded question. That's up to you. To date, all of the Mac anti-virus software still checks primarily for Windows viruses. The anti-virus companies have literally stopped counting how many Windows viruses there are. The Flashback trojan didn't even qualify to be called a virus. Still, all Windows users run anti-virus software. The only growth opportunities for them are Macintosh and Android. Expect a hard sell. Nothing sells better than fear. My advice? Be fearless!"
For hacker news audience ,who can take care of their own security, antivirus may just be snake oil but for clueless end user it is a big help.
[1] https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3271 https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3271
- DigitalBison 14y agoAs far as I can tell, that post you're quoting was written by a user totally unaffiliated with Apple. It's a pretty enormous stretch to call this "their stance on requirement of antivirus".
- saurik 14y agoHere is an Apple commercial that cuts strait to their opinion on viruses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQb_Q8WRL_g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQb_Q8WRL_g .
- comex 14y ago(...from 6 years ago.)
- saurik 14y ago(if you can show me anywhere where Apple has made a public correction, I would find that interesting; otherwise, it is irrelevant when it is from...) (edit: in offline conversation with comex, he came up with an article from last week that implies a change in Apple's stance on this subject) http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/mac_viruses/ http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/mac_viruses/