Re: OT: Update Virus Checker

GaryM wrote:

In other words, I don't think it is immune from virii as you believe it is.

You're misrepresenting what I wrote. I've never said that OS X is "immune" to viruses. That would be a very rash statement. In fact, I wrote, "One [a virus] may appear some day, but it hasn't yet, and if it ever does we're sure to hear about it."

Your position seems to depend on an assumption that all operating systems are equally vulnerable to security threats. That seems like a very unlikely assumption to me.

Agreed. I use the same apps too. I am not arguing Windows vs. OS X. I just find the statement that if you move to some build of *nix, or OS X you'll be alright, is misleading and will in the end turn out to be a fool's errand. A false sense of security is a worse peril than the real problems of Windows that you can protect yourself from quite easily and for free.

A false sense of security is, I agree, very dangerous. It's still the case, at this moment, that if you're using anti-virus software and using OS X, you're wasting your time. Someday that may change, or it may not. We'll see.

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