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Should Mac Users Run Antivirus Software?

Posted by kdawson on from the whistling-past-the-malware dept.

adamengst sends in an article from TidBITS in which Macintosh security expert Rich Mogull explains why he doesn't use antivirus software on the Mac, and why most Mac users shouldn't bother with it either. The article also touches on the question of when an increasing Mac market share might tip it over an inflection point into more active attention from malware writers. (Last month Apple had 14% of PC sales, but 25% of dollar value.)

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  1. No. by corychristison · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We've been over this already today: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1724245

    Most Mac programs come packaged in a .dmg file... which is, you guessed it! An archive format. :-)

  2. Re:No by serviscope_minor · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What the hell? Why is my (parent) post modded interesting? It was a silly joke.

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