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Mac Trojan found on pirated Photoshop, iWork ‘09

by Bill Stiteler on Jan 26, 2009 at 04:17 PM

A new piece of Trojan Horse malware has found its way onto pirated copies of Photoshop and iWork ‘09, according to security firm Intego. The person using the pirated software activates the Trojan when he runs the other program to generate a false serial number. If he enters his admin… Continue Reading »

Apple: Wait, no, stop, you don’t need Antivirus software

by Bill Stiteler on Dec 3, 2008 at 01:04 PM

In quite possibly the stupidest move Apple has made since the hockey puck mouse, Apple has now removed a Knowledge Base page that advised Mac users to have Antivirus software installed on their machines. Macworld reports: “We have removed the KnowledgeBase article because it was old and inaccurate,” Apple spokesman… Continue Reading »

Apple encourages antivirus applications for your Mac

by Josh Holat on Dec 2, 2008 at 11:13 PM

If you ask a worker at the Apple Store about antivirus software for the Mac, you may hear that you don’t need it at all because, “Macs don’t get viruses.” However, this information may no longer hold true. At least Apple itself doesn’t think so. According to a recently published… Continue Reading »

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