[olug] The (anti-virus) party is over... Long live the Mac!

[Adam Lassek]

This is clearly just a CYA article to avoid lawsuits. In ten years I have
never seen an infected Mac in the wild. I think Unix-based viruses are
something of an urban legend.

Vista has actually levelled the playing field quite a bit, as others have
mentioned viruses just aren't the threat they used to be anymore; now it's
malware we have to look out for. Friends don't let friends use IE.

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Irish <irish.masms at gmail.com> wrote:

> Apple is now recommended Anti-Virus software for Macs.
>
> --------------------------------
>  From http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2550
>
> Mac OS: Antivirus utilities
>        • Last Modified: November 21, 2008
>        • Article: HT2550
>        • Old Article: 4454
>
> Summary
> Learn about antivirus utilities available for the Mac OS.
>
> Products Affected
> Consumer Software, Mac OS
> 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. Here are
> some available antivirus utilities:
>
>        • Intego VirusBarrier X5, available from the Apple Online Store
> License: commercial
>
>        • Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 11 for Macintosh, available from
> the  Apple Online Store
> License: commercial
>
>        • McAfee VirusScan for Mac
> License: commercial
>
>
> --
> Timothy G. O'Brien, CISSP, GSEC, NSA-IAM
>
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