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blog.intego.com - 11/26/2008
Apple Recommends Antivirus Software
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Apple has issued a technical note about Mac antivirus software, and, for the first time, suggests that Macs need such software. The note says: “Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus ...

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support.apple.com - 12/2/2008
Mac OS: Antivirus utilities
— support.apple.com — Last Modified: November 21, 2008 Article: HT2550 Old Article: 4454 Summary Learn about antivirus utilities available for the Mac OS. Products Affected Consumer Software, Mac OS Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so ... (more) Mac OS: Antivirus utilities
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support.apple.com - 11/26/2008
Mac OS: Antivirus utilities
— support.apple.com — Last Modified: November 21, 2008 Article: HT2550 Old Article: 4454 Summary Learn about antivirus utilities available for the Mac OS. Products Affected Consumer Software, Mac OS Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so ... (more) Mac OS: Antivirus utilities
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macworld.com - 12/3/2008
Apple removes antivirus support page
— macworld.com — by Jim Dalrymple , Macworld.com A support page on Apple’s Web site recommending users purchase antivirus software for their Macs received a lot of attention over the past couple of days, but on Tuesday Apple removed the page from its Web site. "We ... (more) Apple removes antivirus support page
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Bob Says… Use Either Anti-Virus Software or Your Brain
Apple Eclectic — The shills at The Mac Security Blog would like to bring to your attention a TechNote from Apple recommending that you install anti-virus software on your Mac. This is hardly surprising, given that The Mac Security Blog is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intego, a company which makes anti-virus software — in particular something called VirusBarrier X5 which gets top billing on Apple’s list of must-have prophylactics. It’s hardly surprising that Intego thinks you need anti-virus software, in the same way that it’s hardly surprising that ...

Apple removes anti-virus recommendation
The Apple Core — ... that says Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult. Virus software manufacturer Intego quickly jumped on the bandwagon and promoted the fact that their VirusBarrier X5 software was recommended by Apple. CNet News.com ...

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