Apple Quietly Pulls Claims of Virus Immunity
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Apple Quietly Pulls Claims of Virus Immunity
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Re: Apple Quietly Pulls Claims of Virus Immunity
#2I don't think it's a sign of Apple taking security seriously as much as it is a lawyer avoiding liability suits.
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#3I'm mildly surprised no one has sued over this yet. And since I keep seeing the mantra that flashback is a trojan. Here's some history: http://mac-antivirus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/histo...
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#4I don't think it's a sign of Apple taking security seriously as much as it is a lawyer avoiding liability suits.
I think any competent PR representative would have inevitably pulled those statements, as they were never true even when they were written.
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#5Wow, I had no idea that they said stuff like that on their site. Even though it specifies "PC viruses," the average computer user doesn't understand the distinction. Just last night a relative mentioned how Macs don't get viruses (which I corrected).
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#6I'm genuinely curious... are there viruses that spread in OSX?
Not trojans or whatnot that require users to click on files they shouldn't, but rather actual viruses that make use of vulnerabilities in OSX to spread from computer to computer, either via Internet or thumb drives or something?
In other words, if I always follow responsible practices (never opening files from untrusted sources), has there been any threat up through now that could compromise my OSX installation?
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#7Wow, I had no idea that they said stuff like that on their site. Even though it specifies "PC viruses," the average computer user doesn't understand the distinction. Just last night a relative mentioned how Macs don't get viruses (which I corrected).
Are macs not PCs? Perhaps I'm an average user, but I thought PC stood for "personal computer".
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#8Wow, I had no idea that they said stuff like that on their site. Even though it specifies "PC viruses," the average computer user doesn't understand the distinction. Just last night a relative mentioned how Macs don't get viruses (which I corrected).
Are macs not PCs? Perhaps I'm an average user, but I thought PC stood for "personal computer".
you know... "Think different". They cannot have even the smallest thing in common... or at least that's what they want people to think.
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#9>"Safeguard your data. By doing nothing."
For a brief moment after reading that I had to consider if the article was satire.
Re: Apple Quietly Pulls Claims of Virus Immunity
#10Wow, I had no idea that they said stuff like that on their site. Even though it specifies "PC viruses," the average computer user doesn't understand the distinction. Just last night a relative mentioned how Macs don't get viruses (which I corrected).
Are macs not PCs? Perhaps I'm an average user, but I thought PC stood for "personal computer".
Microsoft and Apple have been perpetuating the PC vs Mac faction war for some time now.