Comments on: Apple to Mac users: No anti-virus software? Get it now! http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Antivirus softwarehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-301027 Antivirus software Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:10:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-301027 Hi,  Its nice post guys.  I liked it. Thanks Hi, 

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]]> By: Stephen Arnoldhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-282961 Stephen Arnold Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:05:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-282961 The idea behind putting anti-virus on EVERY system, Mac or PC or *nix, is that you're protecting everyone. Yeah, you can choose to look at it as "I'm wasting my clock-cycles to save some Windows user from a virus." You could also look at it as "every Win box that virus infects then mass-transmits that virus to other computers, which leads to exponentially increasing bandwidth usage, slowing down my expensive high-speed internet." Or, more simply, by putting anti-virus on your Mac, you're filtering viruses out of emails you may receive, and may then send along to friends and family. Just because the virus can't infect your system doesn't mean your system can't be a carrier for the infection. The idea behind putting anti-virus on EVERY system, Mac or PC or *nix, is that you're protecting everyone. Yeah, you can choose to look at it as "I'm wasting my clock-cycles to save some Windows user from a virus." You could also look at it as "every Win box that virus infects then mass-transmits that virus to other computers, which leads to exponentially increasing bandwidth usage, slowing down my expensive high-speed internet."

Or, more simply, by putting anti-virus on your Mac, you're filtering viruses out of emails you may receive, and may then send along to friends and family. Just because the virus can't infect your system doesn't mean your system can't be a carrier for the infection.

]]> By: Morosophhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-150710 Morosoph Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:51:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-150710 <i>If you never let some random program ask you for admin privilege, what’s the problem?</i> Hmmm. I store a lot in ~. Unix tools tend not to autorun stuff, but I suspect that the real difference is the savviness of the user. Yeah, certainly there's an <i>intellectual</i> challenge in writing a Linux virus (say), but the economic returns are small when the user won't, in general, co-operate! If you never let some random program ask you for admin privilege, what’s the problem?

Hmmm. I store a lot in ~. Unix tools tend not to autorun stuff, but I suspect that the real difference is the savviness of the user. Yeah, certainly there's an intellectual challenge in writing a Linux virus (say), but the economic returns are small when the user won't, in general, co-operate!

]]> By: Morosophhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-269628 Morosoph Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:51:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-269628 <i>If you never let some random program ask you for admin privilege, what’s the problem?</i>Hmmm. I store a lot in ~. Unix tools tend not to autorun stuff, but I suspect that the real difference is the savviness of the user. Yeah, certainly there's an <i>intellectual</i> challenge in writing a Linux virus (say), but the economic returns are small when the user won't, in general, co-operate! If you never let some random program ask you for admin privilege, what’s the problem?

Hmmm. I store a lot in ~. Unix tools tend not to autorun stuff, but I suspect that the real difference is the savviness of the user. Yeah, certainly there’s an intellectual challenge in writing a Linux virus (say), but the economic returns are small when the user won’t, in general, co-operate!

]]> By: Gadgetnuthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-269627 Gadgetnut Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:32:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-269627 The entire page has now been pulled. Here's the link to the story: <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/apple_pulls_support_note_recommending_antivirus_software.html" rel="nofollow">www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/apple_pull...</a> The entire page has now been pulled.

Here's the link to the story:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/apple_pull...

]]> By: Gadgetnuthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-269626 Gadgetnut Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-269626 The entire notice has now been pulled. Here's the link: Apple pulls support note recommending antivirus software <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/apple_pulls_support_note_recommending_antivirus_software.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/app...</a> The entire notice has now been pulled. Here's the link:

Apple pulls support note recommending antivirus software

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/app…

]]> By: webwokehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-121335 webwoke Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:06:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-121335 Yeah, the system of mac not same as windows. And I thing that there is no system that 100% running without error. :D But i think for now, windows has a bigger percentages in malfunction of it's system. :D Yeah, the system of mac not same as windows. And I thing that there is no system that 100% running without error. :D But i think for now, windows has a bigger percentages in malfunction of it's system. :D

]]> By: webwokehttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-269625 webwoke Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:06:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-269625 Yeah, the system of mac not same as windows. And I thing that there is no system that 100% running without error. :D But i think for now, windows has a bigger percentages in malfunction of it's system. :D Yeah, the system of mac not same as windows. And I thing that there is no system that 100% running without error. :D But i think for now, windows has a bigger percentages in malfunction of it’s system. :D

]]> By: Gadgetnuthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-121408 Gadgetnut Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:32:53 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-121408 The entire page has now been pulled. Here's the link to the story: <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/apple_pulls_support_note_recommending_antivirus_software.html" rel="nofollow">www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/apple_pull...</a> The entire page has now been pulled.

Here's the link to the story:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/apple_pull...

]]> By: Gadgetnuthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-121407 Gadgetnut Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:30:39 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-121407 The entire notice has now been pulled. Here's the link: Apple pulls support note recommending antivirus software <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/apple_pulls_support_note_recommending_antivirus_software.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/app...</a> The entire notice has now been pulled. Here's the link:

Apple pulls support note recommending antivirus software

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/03/app…

]]> By: Gadgetnuthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-121187 Gadgetnut Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:56:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-121187 That's an imperfect analogy likening the clearly human situation to computers. The analogy would be closer on point if we were discussing the differences between humans and some random, non-related species. It's also non sequitur, and a bit misleading as well-- attempting to simply use another unrelated, emotionally-charged issue to make your point. Simple fact is; *Windows* code cannot, does not "infect" Mac systems; any more than a human flu virus can infect a cat. Windows malware is just as benign to a Mac system as is text, or a document file, or an encrypted file that one can't even open. It's bits of code that have no effect on a Mac system. Not my problem! That's an imperfect analogy likening the clearly human situation to computers. The analogy would be closer on point if we were discussing the differences between humans and some random, non-related species. It's also non sequitur, and a bit misleading as well– attempting to simply use another unrelated, emotionally-charged issue to make your point.

Simple fact is; *Windows* code cannot, does not "infect" Mac systems; any more than a human flu virus can infect a cat. Windows malware is just as benign to a Mac system as is text, or a document file, or an encrypted file that one can't even open. It's bits of code that have no effect on a Mac system. Not my problem!

]]> By: Gadgetnuthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/01/apple-to-mac-users-no-anti-virus-software-get-it-now/#comment-269624 Gadgetnut Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:56:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8251#comment-269624 That's an imperfect analogy likening the clearly human situation to computers. The analogy would be closer on point if we were discussing the differences between humans and some random, non-related species. It's also non sequitur, and a bit misleading as well-- attempting to simply use another unrelated, emotionally-charged issue to make your point.Simple fact is; *Windows* code cannot, does not "infect" Mac systems; any more than a human flu virus can infect a cat. Windows malware is just as benign to a Mac system as is text, or a document file, or an encrypted file that one can't even open. It's bits of code that have no effect on a Mac system. Not my problem! That’s an imperfect analogy likening the clearly human situation to computers. The analogy would be closer on point if we were discussing the differences between humans and some random, non-related species. It’s also non sequitur, and a bit misleading as well– attempting to simply use another unrelated, emotionally-charged issue to make your point.

Simple fact is; *Windows* code cannot, does not “infect” Mac systems; any more than a human flu virus can infect a cat. Windows malware is just as benign to a Mac system as is text, or a document file, or an encrypted file that one can’t even open. It’s bits of code that have no effect on a Mac system. Not my problem!

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