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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:40 PM Original message |
Apple pushes anti-virus for Macs |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. When a platform lacks a user base, hackers and thieves won't care. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Soooo... will you get an anti virus program for your Mac? (nt) |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No way! |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Oh... |
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amdezurik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. leap-a for one |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. leap-a had no effect. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. But ... but ... but I thought Macs were perfect? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. As I editorialized in my post, I know of no one who has been affected on the Mac. |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Well, here's one. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I do know of a few "infections." Mostly pre-OSX. But they never did any damage. nt |
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dantyrant (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Pesky desktop virus used to bug me |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I'm a Mac man myself ... |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. What are the periodic "Security Updates" that my computer finds |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That is mostly about your browser. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. oh, yeah, there have been viruses over the last 20 years |
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CaptainObvious (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Mac OS X: Vulnerable to new Trojans |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You have actively make yourself a "victim" of a Trojan Horse. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I want to see an DU celebrity death match between... |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. 'Scuse me a second... |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. Does this mean they'll quit running those stupid commercials |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. The info on that page was old and now inaccurate. Though OSX is |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. For a while I had Norton and Intego anti virus |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is a long time coming. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. Use FireFox and Kaspersky avp. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Trend Internet Security is also very good |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. One of my co-workers wrote an OSX virus |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. Nothing is immune to attack. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. The last significant piece of Mac malware dropped in 1998 |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
29. UPDATE: Apple removes antivirus support page. Old and inaccurate information. |
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