Macintosh AntiVirus ???

By Dan Hinckley

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While browsing around the apple site today I stumbled across their Get a Mac FAQ section. Now I was familiar with Apple’s answers to most the questions I was suprised by the following:

Apple - Get a Mac - FAQ-1.png

Do I need virus software for a Mac?

Apparently, the official answer from Apple is NO! I bet this makes Norton feel great. While I myself have never run any antivirus software on my Macintosh computer I always assumed that others did. Since I’ve never had any virus type symptoms and I know the UNIX base for OS X I always felt comfortable that my system would stay “healthy”..

Let us know in the comments if you use any antivirus software on your Mac… and if so, why? If not, why have you never felt the need to do so?

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3 Responses so far.

  1. Chaz Mangus

    May 31, 2008 at 7:12 am

    The only thing you can get is a Macro Virus Thanks to MS.

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