Oops..looks like a mistake folks...tough noogies for those Mac haters:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10111958-37.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10111958-37.html
Apple Does NOT Recommend that Mac Users Install Anti-Virus Software
- Thread starter danibbler
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Actually, they are still saying antivirus could be useful. Cnet quotes an Apple spokesperson saying:
"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 percent immune from every threat, running antivirus software may offer additional protection."
"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 percent immune from every threat, running antivirus software may offer additional protection."
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"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."
You know you come off as 100% fanboy, right? They did but now they don't but they still should recommend some malware protection.
You know you come off as 100% fanboy, right? They did but now they don't but they still should recommend some malware protection.
danibbler said:So, a Mac hater and gaybasher? Good luck with that...
Not a mac hater. Just hate the little Dinks that think mac's and apple are the bomb. Dame type of dork that thinks the iPhone is a Jesus phone. And because I called you a fag I'm a gaybasher? Yeah good luck with that sport.
I'm am going to guess you are also a spice girls fan too. Right?
Apple has a less than stellar track record of responding to serious vulnerabilities. Cheer all you want, but they act like Microsoft circa 2002 and that's not nearly good enough.danibbler said:
Initially you said that they should recommend malware protection...now you're saying that they don't have a good track record of response. This is all pretty vague stuff...look, the original post was to correct the idea that Apple has recommended anti-virus software.cypherpunk said:
If you've got something else more specific then spit it out.
Wow ... fanboy hater .... sounds kind of messed either way u slice it.
I am an Apple System Engineer/Unix/Linux consultant... there is a tool for everything.... everything has its good and bad points.
I deal with so called fanboys and IT Guys that hate Apple "Products just because" ... both of u need to give your heads a shake nothing is perfect.
I am an Apple System Engineer/Unix/Linux consultant... there is a tool for everything.... everything has its good and bad points.
I deal with so called fanboys and IT Guys that hate Apple "Products just because" ... both of u need to give your heads a shake nothing is perfect.
I agree. I'm trained on Windows, Mac, Linux, and have some Free BSD experience, and I will say each OS has its strength and weakness.canucklehead said:
The point is that Apple is constantly proclaiming its OS superiority, but has, in certain cases, the worst product. Earlier this year, the supposedly secure Airbook was cracked in record time (2 mins and change). My roommate bought an Apple screen to do photog stuff, turns out you have no way of adjusting resolution unless you own a Mac (he has a PC). Tiger still has occasional crashes. And the Iphone, with its inability to cut and paste, no MMS, no secure email, and mediocre phone quality should be relegated to the highschoolyard.
I'm sorry. The problem is that you don't really follow Mac security or computer security in general. If you did, it would not have been vague at all. More here:danibbler said:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/28/apple-patches-patchy
Of course, this means that your arguments are more or less without credibility and I'm not keen on arguing about technology with lay folk. If in fact you are competent in matters of security but merely suffered a head injury, do let me know.
