Apple Warns Owners About Worms

[dalek sec]

Hopefully they'll get more viruses and that'll shut them up about the whole "Mac's don't get computer viruses!" crap they keep harping on about.

 

[data_not_found]

Mac's are fairly safe on the internet still, and while programmers ARE trying to make our lives miserable, those of us that understand how the thing actually works (not easy to do) are safe. But, since macs are marketed toward the what-the-fuck-is-a-computer crowd, Apple probably should snap to and start giving us some good security software.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

9 hours?! AVG scans my 250gb of data in a little over an hour. Maybe your computer blows?

If it did, I'd spend even more time at it.

 

[Battlefrank]

9 hours?! AVG scans my 250gb of data in a little over an hour. Maybe your computer blows?

If it did, I'd spend even more time at it.

when custom building your computer, did you make the mistake of thinking that harddrives are the main component and... built the thing with minimal CPU and a fuckload of hard drives??

 

[dthree]

The apple ad implies mac don't get viruses but it really is just saying that while pc's have over 100,000 viruses, macs don't (have that many). There are only about 2. Clever marketing speak there.

Also, apple isn't suggesting that you run multiple AV apps, they are supporting the use of multiple AV tools among their entire userbase. If all mac users ran NAV, then a virus write would only have one tool to circumvent.

 

[Berethond]

Mac stuff really was never virus free, people just didn't know what the hell happened when they got viruses on their Macs.

 

[MosDes]

Time to uninstall AVG when you don't want it any more: 5 mins
Time to uninstall Norton when you don't want it any more: Eternity

You will never get rid of Norton unless you wipe the drive... I tried. It will not go away. If you install Norton, you just installed the largest virus in history knowingly and willfully.

Avira is one of the best ones I've ever used. I also like the Uniblue Suite, even though it costs money and is not specifically for viruses (will kill spyware/malware).

 

[stompy]

We all knew this... I suppose Apple just got knocked down a notch.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

9 hours?! AVG scans my 250gb of data in a little over an hour. Maybe your computer blows?

If it did, I'd spend even more time at it.

when custom building your computer, did you make the mistake of thinking that harddrives are the main component and... built the thing with minimal CPU and a fuckload of hard drives??

Nope, I've one harddrive, a good CPU and cooling up to the elbows. AVG was a great program up til about 7.5 and then it turned into bloatware. I'm sure if you google "Windows Problems AVG8" you'll find more tales of woe. Norton I've never liked since '98.

 

[dekkarax]

Time to uninstall AVG when you don't want it any more: 5 mins
Time to uninstall Norton when you don't want it any more: Eternity

You will never get rid of Norton unless you wipe the drive... I tried. It will not go away. If you install Norton, you just installed the largest virus in history knowingly and willfully.

Bugger, does it count as knowingly and willfully if it came with the computer?
Still. It's better than Macafee.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Woah Root...When did you become a moderator?

On topic...How the mighty have fallen. Its about time Apple got a swift kick to the knee. I do however, enjoy my mum's Macbook that my family and I purchased for her. Its pretty faithful, hasn't wronged us yet!

 

[SargentToughie]

Hehe, apples... worms

I get it *chuckles*

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Uh, on topic? I think it would be a major problem for Macs if they start to get viruses, it's one of their biggest selling points

 

[mokes310]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-22EpQOm8c
Mac Vs Pc Vs Linux

That one was pretty good!

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

And the follow up, thanks to floyd66 for the update.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/12/mac_malware_were_we_wrong.html

Although an interesting side development comes as the original post(2007) was during the Mac/PC virus ads.

It does have some interesting snippets though

And one thing that this incident does show is Apple's split personality when it comes to communicating with its users and with the media. On the one hand, when it has a positive story to tell, it is brilliant at sending simple, bold messages to consumers and skilful in projecting its case to the media.

On the other, when things go wrong - complaints about scratched iPods or concerns about Steve Jobs' health - this is a company which retreats into the Cupertino bunker, closes the door and says nothing.

So I contacted the Apple PR department at 1115 GMT on Tuesday to seek a comment on the story. Back they came twenty minutes later, with a promise to look into it and "keep you posted". 23 hours later, I'm still waiting. So what is Apple's advice to customers on whether there is any need to install anti-virus software? I'm still not clear - are you?

 

[cleverlymadeup]

yeah they tried to pull a jedi mind trick with this and delete all the posts about it

macs can and do have virii for them. they have a good security team to "patch" holes that all happen to be lawyers, look up the month of apple bugs to see what happens

 

[Souplex]

Hehe, apples... worms

I get it *chuckles*

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Uh, on topic? I think it would be a major problem for Macs if they start to get viruses, it's one of their biggest selling points

Their ONLY selling point. Unless you count the fact that they are shiny