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Apple recommends anti-virus software for the first time
Newlaunches.com —
Until now Mac users did not worry about viruses. Not that the OSX comes with a impenetrable anti-virus software but the virus programmers would not waste their time targeting 5% of the users. But the growing popularity and the cult status gained by Apple virus writers have turned their attention to the niche forcing the Cupertino company to issue a notice that Macs do need anti virus software. The note says: "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 note then goes on to mention three antivirus ...
Apple begins recommending Antivirus utilities to users
Boy Genius Report —
It looks like the care free days when Mac owners could sit back and relax without having to worry about malware are indeed coming to an end - maybe. Last month we told you about two new pieces of OS X malware that had been discovered and while neither poses a significant threat in most people’s eyes, it is clearly a sign of things to come. As loyal and vocal as Mac computer users are, until recently they hardly represented a significant portion of the market. As such, those responsible for creating end user-targeted malware focused on Windows since it was the clear and ...
No more making fun of Windows security for Mac users
The Inquisitr » Technology —
If there has always been one constant in the on-going my operating system is better than yours head butting that happens between Windows and Mac users it has been over the issue of security. Mac users have loved being able to lord over us poor ol’ Windows users how they don’t need to worry about things like malware and viruses. This obnoxious attitude hasn’t been helped either by Cupertino running ads pointing out how Mac users don’t need to worry about such silly things as viruses. As Brian Krebs says in a post about this today
Just under three months ago, I asked ...
Apple now "encourages" use of antivirus software
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
[image] Wait—didn’t I hear in one of those goofy "Mac vs. PC" commercials that Macs don't get viruses? What's the deal? Here's the scoop, courtesy of the Security Fix blog on Washingtonpost.com : Earlier this month, Apple discretely posted a technical document on its support site entitled "Mac OS: Antivirus utilities." The document advises—er, "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 article goes on to recommend a trio of antivirus utilities, includig Intego VirusBarrier ...
Apple recommends increased defense spending
GMSV —
Given all the grief Windows users have taken from the Mac pack over the years on the subject of relative vulnerability to malware (including one of the commercials in the “Get a Mac” series), there was some understandable chortling to be heard when some folks noticed a fresh technical note on Apple’s support site recommending its customers make a purchase from one of the vendors in the neglected Mac defense niche. “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,” says the note , ...
Apple's Antivirus Push Nothing To Get Scared About (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider —
There's a lot of fuss this week about a technical note Apple (AAPL) quietly published to its support site last month encouraging its customers to use "multiple antivirus utilities" to keep their Macs secure.
But... aren't Macs supposed to be virus-free? Don't they make fun of Microsoft (MSFT) for all the viruses that affect Windows?
Sure. Apple's been fortunate to avoid the virus, worm, spyware, and trojan problems that have plagued Windows over the years.
Part of that could be that Macs are inherently more secure than PCs. But the biggest reason has always been that there are far fewer Macs out ...
Mac Users: Please Take a Quick Survey About Security
Technologizer —
macvirus1 There’s been a bit of a kerfuffle this week about a subject that crops up every so often and is always good for some spirited debate: Whether Mac users should be as proactive about protecting themselves against security attacks as their Windows-using friends. The Washington Post’s Brian Krebs noticed Apple recommending the use of anti-virus software ...
Apple’s “install antivirus on your Mac” page is gone, but the idea lives on
Hardware 2.0 —
December 3rd, 2008 Apple’s “install antivirus on your Mac” page is gone, but the idea lives on Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 5:16 am Categories: Security , Apple Tags: Apple Macintosh , Antivirus , Apple Inc. , Desktops , Viruses And Worms , Security , Hardware , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes The knowledge base article on Apple’s support site which encouraged the widespread use of antivirus software on Mac systems has been removed, but the idea that Mac users might still benefit from protection still lives on. The page (which was here ) had the following to ...
Apple's Security Paradox
Forbes.com: Technology News —
As Apple 's slice of the computer market grows, cyber security researchers have long warned that hackers would someday turn their attention away from PCs and toward innocent Macbooks and iPhones. That day, it turns out, has yet to come. But virus-fearing Apple (nasdaq: AAPL ...
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