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Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years by NelsonMinar on Monday July 24, 2017 @03:59PM (#14842094)
People think Macs are virus-free because Apple spent years telling them were. Example ad, with John Hodgman as the Windows guy with a virus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Z386vXrt4
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Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years by threeseed on Monday July 24, 2017 @07:10PM (#14843582)
This notion existed far before that ad came out.

It's a combination of a few things: (1) why bother investing time and resources for a platform with around 10% of users and (2) OSX has had strong security mechanisms e.g Gatekeeper, XProtect, App Sandbox. Windows 10 is much better but unfortunately not everyone is on that OS yet.

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Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years by wfunction on Monday July 24, 2017 @07:47PM (#14843783)
> Windows 10 is much better but unfortunately not everyone is on that OS yet.

Implying Windows 8.1 has security problems... what are they?

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Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years by freehunter on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:30PM (#14844345)
Every OS has security problems, and every new OS incorporates fixes to them. If you're looking for specifics, a quick Google search can help there: http://www.csoonline.com/article/3044089/data-protection/the...
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Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years by andrewflnr on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:07AM (#14845049)
Some of these: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=windows+8.1 though I'll grant most of the ones on the front page at least are basically just "everything from 7 on".
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Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years by RandVal30142 on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @03:27AM (#14845815)
What makes it even worse is they carried this over into a support FAQ stating the OS didn't come with an antivirus because X-security features.

If anyone remembers the vintage of this I'd love to dig an archived copy up.

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Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years by linopolus on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @04:23AM (#14846101)
Depending on whom you ask, having an antivirus may actually be more harmful than not, as it digs deep into the system potentially opening more holes, while not providing much protection due to the reliance on signatures. Heuristics is not yet there to be useful.
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Re:Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years by onion2k on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @03:53AM (#14845950)
Another reason that there may be a perception that OSX is safer these days is that most users only buy software directly from Apple through the app store.
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