Hi Ricardo I think both is true. This is because the thing is it's not just us that gets attacked. I Can't claim to be an expert myself. However, although you can install anti-virus on your computer, you are ultimately depending on that company to know what they're doing, and this has always been the strong point for the Mac, The fact that everything is all one unit and you don't have to worry as much about this issue. In Apple's case, they could say "we have it covered for you, and you don't have to worry about that." The thing is, when we choose an antivirus program, unless we are computer professionals, we have not a clue if that company knows what they're doing. In fact, most of us blind folks are going to choose the company based on whether they are accessible. The We are not actually taking our own responsibility when we install antivirus on our computers. This is because we are trusting someone else to do it right. If they don't, we've had it. It would be different if we could do our own programming and protect ourselves With our own expertise. I responsibility for security, I think, is going to have to be wigmaking backups, and securing those copies. Other things too would come and play for us, line keeping us passwords secure and other common sense stuff. Regards, Gigi
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying OS makers should take care of anti > virus in house, and pass on the price to consumers because it will be cheaper > or, they should handle it in house because it will better prevent infection. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 5:11 PM, Jessica Moss <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was actually curious about antivirus software myself. >> On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:43 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: >> >>> Hi guys >>> I am speaking here strictly from a lay woman's point of view, especially >>> after what happened to a blind friend of mine who was beside herself with >>> fury when her Windows desktop caught a vicious virus and she had to spend >>> all day on the issue, including disconnecting and wagging the desktop >>> (using cab fare), to get rid of the virus. She has virus protection on her >>> computer, but this nasty virus killed off WindowEyes so that it didn't tell >>> her she had a problem. She misinterpreted everything and thought that her >>> computer had just locked up for some stupid reason. The WindowEyes people, >>> even though they probably weren't supposed to help her with issues other >>> than WindowEye tried, but she had to get a reader to look at the screen, >>> whereupon she found out that the nasty virus had put up a notice that she >>> should pay the crooks $200 to get rid of this thing. >>> >>> Now, the reason I mention this is that this noncomputer professional has >>> better things to do with her time than dealing with the consequences of >>> crooks, and I think it was probably something that MicroSoft never dreamed >>> would get this bad. But in my opinion, Steve Jobs was right. All of this >>> has to be co-ordinated and put together so it works as a unit. I hope that, >>> if Apple hasn't done it already, that keeping up with these viruses will >>> need to be done by them so that everybody, his brother and sister, too, >>> won't have to get involved in this and it won't become a big business like >>> apparently it is for Windows users. I mean, my friend had to shop around to >>> get the best price she could to get rid of this nasty thing created by >>> people who should be in jail. >>> >>> Just my two cents worth, such that it is. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gigi >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
