Apple needs to bring back Justin Long, the 'mac guy'
....so that he can star in a string of much-needed "Get a Mac Antivirus Suite" ads...
Ok, serious point here:
It's actually kind of amazing that mac users don't make use of antivirus software to detect infected files that manage to get stored on their machines for whatever reason. I use Ubuntu as my main OS, but I have Avast AV installed to scan all files that I occasional get from my Windows friends. Even though I can't get infections from Windows malware, I'm still aware of the fact that infected files will still show up eventually by way of flash drives and portable drives that my friends and colleagues share with me, and I should have a way to detect these infected files before I accidentally store them (especially on DVD-R) or share them with others. It's called common sense.
It will be interesting to see what impact Apple's "Time Machine" backup utility will have on reinfection rates. Some users of this software probably have some viruses stored in their backups.
....so that he can star in a string of much-needed "Get a Mac Antivirus Suite" ads...
Ok, serious point here:
It's actually kind of amazing that mac users don't make use of antivirus software to detect infected files that manage to get stored on their machines for whatever reason. I use Ubuntu as my main OS, but I have Avast AV installed to scan all files that I occasional get from my Windows friends. Even though I can't get infections from Windows malware, I'm still aware of the fact that infected files will still show up eventually by way of flash drives and portable drives that my friends and colleagues share with me, and I should have a way to detect these infected files before I accidentally store them (especially on DVD-R) or share them with others. It's called common sense.
It will be interesting to see what impact Apple's "Time Machine" backup utility will have on reinfection rates. Some users of this software probably have some viruses stored in their backups.