Agreed 100%. I just thought that since the article about the security guy was talking about how Macs were *not* immune from malware, I'd post this as a supporting argument for anti-malware products for Macs. J I also realize that my Linux box is not immune, however, like Apple computers, I'd have to do something stupid in order to infect my Linux box. J
John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 3:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Speaking of security... You read it, right? It's a trojan. If somebody sent an email to this list every time there was a new trojan for Windows, it would get old quick (as the "Oh boy, there's a trojan for Mac, yippee!" emails get old to me). Let's rehash it again: no operating system is immune to malware. The sheer number of threats on the Windows platform, though, is massively greater than any other platform. If you don't have any AV software on your Mac, you might get this (through your own stupidity of downloading and executing something from an untrusted source). In the Windows world, you can have AV software on your computer and still get infected from doing far less. Bill _____ From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 3:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Speaking of security... Just got an email from another mailing list about a new piece of malware for Macs. J Here's a link to the story: <http://newsletters.networkworld.com/t/4624028/294656807/104017/0/> New malware can take control of Macs John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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