Apple Suggests Downloading Anti-Virus Software
Posted on 02 December 2008 by Veronica
The AppleInsider blog released an article yesterday that “encourages” its owners to install anti-virus software. This upsets me for two reasons; one is because Apple always slams Windows for needing anti-virus software and second, the whole reason I even own an Apple is because it didn’t need anti-virus software installed!!
AppleInsider’s response to my two upsets are:
The posting isn’t necessarily a reversal of opinions for Apple, though it does reflect an overall softening of its opinions. While one of the first “Get a Mac” TV spots in 2006 made fun of Windows’ susceptibility to viruses and portrayed the Mac as near-immune, the current campaign doesn’t mention this point. The company’s current FAQ for curious switchers also simply says that Mac OS X “resists most viruses” and doesn’t make any blanket statements.
Then, today on the official Apple website under Mac OS:Antivirus Ulitiies the following is posted:
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.
I really am annoyed by this, and totally would have gotten the most decked out SICKEST Windows computer for the same price I paid for my base model MacbookPro. URGH x 1,000!
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