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Re:Lenovo Statement on Superfish by Someone1234 on Thursday February 19, 2015 @12:39PM (#9075435)
Apple told people for almost ten years (both on their website and in their retails stores) that "Macs cannot get viruses." They act like that wasn't a big deal.
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Re:Lenovo Statement on Superfish by happyscrappy on Thursday February 19, 2015 @01:08PM (#9075688)
The number one source of viruses on a Mac is anti-virus software, don't install it. No system is impervious, there are levels of risk. Apparently the highest possible risk is running a stock Lenovo.
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Re:Lenovo Statement on Superfish by geoelectric on Thursday February 19, 2015 @01:41PM (#9075941)
I don't run AV software on my Mac because the threat and possible consequences are sufficiently limited.

But I've never heard about AV software itself being a vector. Where can I find out more?

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Re:Lenovo Statement on Superfish by joshuapants on Thursday February 19, 2015 @02:05PM (#9076127)
I imagine that comment referred to fake antivirus software from webpage ads or something that users are tricked into installing. Something like ClamAV would be fine.
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