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Apple's virus support page disappears over misunderstanding
Infinite Loop — ... on a single machine, and Apple was obviously speaking to the fundamental tactic of protecting each machine in the greater Internet ecosystem (yes, including Macs). As long as consumers are running a variety of antivirus applications, such as one of those recommended on this "controversial" document, virus writers have a harder time getting their malware into our computers. Nevertheless, Apple seems to have removed the document over all this confusion. It's still available via Archive.org , but Apple is likely working on a rewrite to use clearer language and avoid snafus like ...

Apple Pulls Antivirus Support Page Over Widespread Confusion
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... the confusion came through updates to each vendor’s latest application versions, adding that it would typically be unnecessary to use multiple antivirus apps simultaneously, so Apple was referring the fact that as long as users are running one of the recommended applications, it is more difficult for malware to infiltrate your machine. At any rate, Apple has decided to remove the article, for a possible rewrite to avoid confusing language, yet the original can still be found here. ...