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Apple recommends AV protection

Robert Hallock December 2, 2008 12:31 PM ET in Tech

In a low-key posting on the Apple support website, the Cupertino vendor has suggested that users of Macintosh computers employ a panel of AV solutions.

Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult. Here are some available antivirus utilities:

Apple goes on to identify three solutions from vendors such as Norton and McAfee that are supposed to fit the bill.

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5 Comments:

  1. _k_
    deep in the bush
    2 Dec '08, 1:13 pm

    crazy crazy two out of the three that they are recommending can be purchased in the apple store. Thats really nice of them.

  2. kryyst
    CTRL+ALT+DEL
    2 Dec '08, 4:43 pm

    It's more so people aren't passing infected email attachments onto windows users.

  3. Snarkasm
    The Photographer.
    2 Dec '08, 4:56 pm

    ^

  4. Gargoyle
    We can't stop here...
    2 Dec '08, 5:45 pm

    Turns out it's an old article and old Apple policy.

  5. jared
    Howdy Damnit
    3 Dec '08, 12:10 pm

    yup, apple removed it

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10111958-83.html

    So yeah, OSX is still safe then I guess

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