>BBC NEWS... >Apple has urged Mac owners to use anti-virus software. And the day after BBC runs a retraction... http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/12/mac_malware_were_we_wrong.htm l
"There was a web firestorm yesterday over an apparent warning from Apple that its users could be vulnerable to attack and should consider installing anti-virus software. It was a firestorm that we helped to fan with a story - and a post on this blog." "So I'm sorry if we suggested that this was a major U-turn by Apple when it was not. Graham Cluley, who we quoted in the post, now describes the incident as "a fascinating example of how the internet can get carried away with itself", and it is certainly true that bloggers and journalists (and I include myself) hate to be left out when this kind of storm brews up." The advice in that tech note was bad, even if the suggestion to add antivirus were valid. Running multiple antivirus programs is a bad idea. The products cited were not good choices. This speaks more to poor quality control on what gets posted and not much else. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
