Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years
by threeseed on Monday July 24, 2017 @07:12PM
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> I always thought that stories like those were just drummed up by anti-virus vendors to make sure that people continue buying their wares.
Look at this article and every article about Mac viruses.
Always an anti-virus vendor.
Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years
by kbenson on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:59PM
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Just because the people alerting you to something have a vested interest in you being alerted, that doesn't make them wrong. It's good to know the incentives behind actions, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't look at the facts in each case and come to an informed decision.
>It may have been technically accurate that Macs don’t get gummed up with PC viruses, but the implication that Apple is virus-free is certainly misleading.
But that "implication" is an assumed implication that I haven't seen play out in my non-tech friends. I always thought that stories like those were just drummed up by anti-virus vendors to make sure that people continue buying their wares.