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Snow Leopard to have built-in antivirus?

by Josh Holat on Aug 26, 2009 at 12:38 PM

With Snow Leopard set to release this Friday, August 28th, many Apple fans are excited to both try it out and get some space back on their hard drive. Also, if you’re like me, you don’t really care that it doesn’t include any great, new features as long as it… 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 »

SecureMac warns of new OS X Trojan Horse called AppleScript.THT

by Arnold Zafra on Jun 20, 2008 at 07:53 AM

SecureMac is reporting a new Trojan horse that threatens the Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 installation. AppleScript.THT, a new variant of the infamous Trojan Horse virus, is originating from a hacked website through iChat and Limewire. The Trojan horse allows a malicious user to access a system remotely and… Continue Reading »

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