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Apple Says Macs Are Safe, No Antivirus Needed

Posted by timothy on from the thought-we-were-mistaken-but-were-wrong dept.

lobridge writes "Over the last two days multiple news feeds (and Slashdot) have been reporting that Apple has been quietly recommending antivirus software for their machines. It appears now that Apple has deleted an entry on their forums that suggested this and are saying that Mac computers are 'safe out of the box.'"

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  1. Safe... until by revlayle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Safe out of the box... that is until a user starts clicking on things.

    1. Re:Safe... until by cslax · · Score: 5, Funny

      But but but... It just works!!

    2. Re:Safe... until by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      and some of us like trolls. I like combing their long hair, and putting stick on gems all over their faces!

    3. Re:Safe... until by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

      You don't know how Macs work, dude. The internet connection is wireless, we don't even have to connect anythi...

      oh wait.

    4. Re:Safe... until by tehcyder · · Score: 2, Funny

      I could have posted an eloquent, well thought out response

      That's sort of frowned upon around here.

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    5. Re:Safe... until by Aram+Fingal · · Score: 2, Funny

      Microsoft generally (contracts?) out chunks of coding.

      It seems like more often they see some piece of software that they like and buy the company that wrote it.

  2. Re:Better title by overcaffein8d · · Score: 3, Funny

    brilliant idea!

    only thing is, apple fanboys wouldn't be able to criticize PCs as much for having viruses--the more viruses on PCs, the more macs get sold

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  3. Re:Bullshit by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're on the internet, you're vulnerable. Period.

    I browse the web using telnet. Sometimes I do have to break out my calculator to handle https sites.

  4. Father Steve was just testing our loyalty by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    He was separating out the false believers from the flock.

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  5. hexually transmitted by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could you have maybe said that shorter? Something like "Hey, they're only suggesting that you wrap your system before practicing unsafe hex. But we have a lower rate of hexually transmitted malware than Windows. We do advise that you contact your vendor immediately if you have a software install lasting longer than four hours as this could indicate a more serious technical condition."

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    1. Re:hexually transmitted by bennomatic · · Score: 2, Funny

      Could you have maybe said that shorter?

      Yes.

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  6. Reimburse by grapes911 · · Score: 3, Funny

    And who's going to reimburse me for the 7 AV programs I just ordered?

  7. Nobody by speroni · · Score: 3, Funny

    MAC: Can't even get negative attention.

    Picture

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  8. Apple: "You don't need AV!" by eagee · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even if they were safe before, they won't be for long. That's just asking for it!

  9. Re:Bullshit by myz24 · · Score: 2, Funny

    you're doing it wrong

  10. Re:Bullshit by Abreu · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...You actually get used to reconstructing the web page in your head, much like web developers can see their sites when writing code.

    I don't even see the code anymore. I just see blond, brunette, redhead...

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  11. Re:They are still recommending antivirus! by jdbausch · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...what is their software doing other than protecting my wallet from getting fat?

    and you don't need that protection, because buying apple products does that for you...

  12. Me either by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't need AV either...I got me this new Vista box...Microsoft says it's the most secure yet!

  13. Re:Wrong, and bad summary, as usual by supernova_hq · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry about going a little offtarget here, but out of all the computers I have had to fix, I haven't found a virus I couldn't get rid of yet!

    In fact the only thing I have ever failed to get rid of is NORTON!!! I uninstalled it from a machine quite a few years ago, 6 months later I installed Tribes. Tribes required an update to connect to 90% of the servers. While installing said update I got "File c:\....\Symantec\Norton...\somefile.dll" is missing. The only way I could fix it was to create an empty text file (with notepad) called "somefile.dll".

    I would rather remove 300 trojans, viruses and worms from an unprotected horse porn machine than try to uninstall a legitimate copy of Norton Antivirus.

  14. It really does just work... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just not that well. Or fast. Not that Apple would ever lie or mislead the user about their products, oh no...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaN1Nz1Dyls