Apple Says Macs Are Safe, No Antivirus Needed 449
lobridge writes "Over the last two days multiple news feeds (and Slashdot) have been reporting that Apple has been quietly recommending antivirus software for their machines. It appears now that Apple has deleted an entry on their forums that suggested this and are saying that Mac computers are 'safe out of the box.'"
Safe... until (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Safe... until (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Better title (Score:3, Funny)
brilliant idea!
only thing is, apple fanboys wouldn't be able to criticize PCs as much for having viruses--the more viruses on PCs, the more macs get sold
Re:Bullshit (Score:5, Funny)
I browse the web using telnet. Sometimes I do have to break out my calculator to handle https sites.
Father Steve was just testing our loyalty (Score:5, Funny)
hexually transmitted (Score:5, Funny)
Could you have maybe said that shorter? Something like "Hey, they're only suggesting that you wrap your system before practicing unsafe hex. But we have a lower rate of hexually transmitted malware than Windows. We do advise that you contact your vendor immediately if you have a software install lasting longer than four hours as this could indicate a more serious technical condition."
Reimburse (Score:3, Funny)
Re:hexually transmitted (Score:3, Funny)
Could you have maybe said that shorter?
Yes.
Nobody (Score:3, Funny)
MAC: Can't even get negative attention.
Picture [ctrlaltdel-online.com]
Apple: "You don't need AV!" (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Bullshit (Score:3, Funny)
you're doing it wrong
Re:Safe... until (Score:1, Funny)
and some of us like trolls. I like combing their long hair, and putting stick on gems all over their faces!
Re:Bullshit (Score:5, Funny)
...You actually get used to reconstructing the web page in your head, much like web developers can see their sites when writing code.
I don't even see the code anymore. I just see blond, brunette, redhead...
Re:Safe... until (Score:4, Funny)
You don't know how Macs work, dude. The internet connection is wireless, we don't even have to connect anythi...
oh wait.
Re:They are still recommending antivirus! (Score:2, Funny)
...what is their software doing other than protecting my wallet from getting fat?
and you don't need that protection, because buying apple products does that for you...
Me either (Score:1, Funny)
I don't need AV either...I got me this new Vista box...Microsoft says it's the most secure yet!
Re:Wrong, and bad summary, as usual (Score:4, Funny)
In fact the only thing I have ever failed to get rid of is NORTON!!! I uninstalled it from a machine quite a few years ago, 6 months later I installed Tribes. Tribes required an update to connect to 90% of the servers. While installing said update I got "File c:\....\Symantec\Norton...\somefile.dll" is missing. The only way I could fix it was to create an empty text file (with notepad) called "somefile.dll".
I would rather remove 300 trojans, viruses and worms from an unprotected horse porn machine than try to uninstall a legitimate copy of Norton Antivirus.
It really does just work... (Score:1, Funny)
Just not that well. Or fast. Not that Apple would ever lie or mislead the user about their products, oh no...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaN1Nz1Dyls
Re:Safe... until (Score:3, Funny)
That's sort of frowned upon around here.
Re:Safe... until (Score:3, Funny)
It seems like more often they see some piece of software that they like and buy the company that wrote it.