Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 26th Aug 2009 23:11 UTC
Yesterday we reported that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, due for release coming Friday, contained some form of malware and/or virus protection. Since the scope of this protective measure was not yet known - nor if it even existed at all - I thought it would be best to write another post detailing that yes, it's real, and yes, it's all relatively crude.
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If you purchase AppleCare you can (or could, i'm not sure) download McAfee's Virex for free from Apple. In a sense they always encouraged installing virus protection, and so can you if you feel it's necessary.
Windows doesn't (yet) come with built-in virus protection, and Windows customers are very well trained to purchase a protection suite with each PC.
RE[2]: Also not impressed
by righard on Thu 27th Aug 2009 10:52
in reply to "RE: Also not impressed"
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Would it have been so hard to include a real anti-virus/anti-malware solution instead of employing this laughably simple operation?
Does not the current Mac OS X Server come with Clam AV?
I'm certainly not making the claim that Macs are currently in great danger from viruses and the like, but within reason, more layers of security are a good thing.