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VentureBeat —
... Apple takes down the antivirus recommendation — The oddly worded part of its support site indicated that Mac users would want to download antivirus software. This is of course something Mac people continually rag PC people about (and the Mac vs. PC commercials highlight.) But Apple decided to take the suggestion down because it was “old and inaccurate,” an Apple spokesman told CNET. Of course Macs can still get viruses just like PCs, there just aren’t nearly as many out there. ...
Linkpost | 12.3.2008
TechBlog —
Updated: Apple tells Mac users to install antivirus software | Main December 03, 2008 Linkpost | 12.3.2008 Updated 6:16 a.m. • Apple deletes Mac antivirus suggestion - The note I wrote about Tuesday is removed, and an Apple spokesman insists that the Mac is protected against viruses "right out of the box". • Hacker in final showdown to avoid extradition to US - Gary McKinnon, who says he broke into Johnson Space Center computers looking for evidence NASA knows about extraterrestrials, has final hearing next month. • Twitter CEO: The ...
Apple pulls support note recommending antivirus software
AppleInsider —
... after Apple recently updated it to reflect changes in the version numbering of the antivirus software it was recommending. "Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult," the document said, in part. Speaking to CNet News.com , Apple spokesperson Bill Evans said the article was removed last night because it was deemed to be " old and inaccurate ." "The Mac is designed with built-in technologies that provide protection ...
Follow-up: Apple Marketing Dept. 1, Security Group 0
TechBlog —
... that urged Mac owners to run antivirus software. Though Krebs thought the note was new, it apparently was in place in June 2007. But no longer. Apple has yanked the note, and a company spokesperson made some calls to tell reporters, "Never mind," including CNet's Elinor Mills :"We have ...
Apple removes antivirus technical document
Obsessable News Feed —
Despite Apple's counter-spin to the misrepresented buzz surrounding the question of antivirus software for OS X, Obsessable continues to advise security. Yesterday, the entire internet was in a tizzy about an old Apple technical document that recommended that Apple users install antivirus software. As we noted yesterday, Brian Krebs at the Washington Post didn't properly research his initial story, which presented the advice hidden in an old technical document on Apple's website as a game-changing admission by Apple to their vulnerability to viruses. Several other online publications then jumped on that bandwagon. This is a ...
Apple: Actually, Macs Don't Need Anti-Virus Protection
AppScout —
... "We have removed the KnowledgeBase article because it was old and inaccurate," an Apple spokesman told CNET. "The Mac is designed with built-in technologies that provide protection against malicious software and security threats right out of the box."
First Bytes: RIM, Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook, Apple
Tech Observer —
Research in Motion misses its third quarter forecasts. [Bloomberg] Yahoo has outsourced its radio product to CBS. [Tech Crunch] Why Twitter turned down Facebook. [NYT] Apple contends that Macs are "safe out of the box," and removes its call for users to download antivirus software. [CNet] Jonathan Miller thinks it's his turn to run Yahoo. [Portfolio] by Rafael Cohen Related Links Twitter Tops List of Fastest Growing Social Networks First Bytes: Facebook, MySpace, Google, Yahoo, IBM, ...
Apple pulls support page recommending Antivirus software
Boy Genius Report —
After a wave of attention surrounding a post on Apple’s support pages over the past few days, Cupertino has decided to pull the page from its site. The post in question encouraged “the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult.” As Apple’s OS X has yet to have any significant threats posed against it, the blogosphere questioned both the necessity and integrity of the recommendation, noting that two ...
Apple Has Always Recommended Antivirus Apps [Antivirus]
Lifehacker —
... Apple Has Always Recommended Antivirus Apps By Adam Pash , 8:55 AM on Wed Dec 3 2008, 47 views [image] Despite a widely reported claim that Apple had recently changed a support document to recommend its users run multiple antivirus utilities, Gizmodo reveals that the antivirus recommendation is not new . Still even if the recommendation predates dinosaurs 68% of you have never once run antivirus on your Mac in the first place. UPDATE: The kicker: Apple has now removed the article in question altogether. Read More: antivirus , ...
Apple removes anti-virus recommendation
The Apple Core —
... and promoted the fact that their VirusBarrier X5 software was recommended by Apple. CNet News.com reports that Apple removed the KnowledgeBase article from its support site late Tuesday. KBase ...
A squirt of catch-up
GMSV —
... “). The recommendation, originally posted in 2007 but brought to wide notice only this week, caused some consternation because it seemed to run contrary to the company line that such software was unneeded. In fact, it has now been made clear, that company line remains unchanged. “We have removed the KnowledgeBase article because it was old and inaccurate,” Apple spokesperson Bill Evans told CNet . “The Mac is designed with built-in technologies that provide protection against malicious software and security threats right out of the box. However, since no system can be 100 ...
