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Re: Apple recommends anti-virus software for Mac
From: "David Harley" <david.a.harley () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:56:34 -0000
The document has been pulled for marketing reasons... -- David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP Director of Malware Intelligence ESET LLC
-----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Juha-Matti Laurio Sent: 03 December 2008 10:41 To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: Re: [funsec] Apple recommends anti-virus software for Mac The document doesn't exists any more (We can't find the article you're looking for.) but it appears that document is not from Nov '08, it's remarkable old. Juha-Matti Juha-Matti Laurio [juha-matti.laurio () netti fi] kirjoitti:in fact they recommend using multiple AV software at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2550 "so that virus programmers have more than one applicationto circumvent".The TechNote lists Intego VirusBarrier X5, Symantec NortonAnti-Virus 11 for Macintosh, and McAfee VirusScan for Mac.They don't list Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac or avast!antivirus. Additionally, free ClamXav is not mentioned.That release of the document was covered widely in IT security news. My personal opinion is that it's not important is there twoor three malware for OS X systems - Leap or Lamzev etc.The most important point is that the market share of Macsis growing an growing._______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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Current thread:
- Apple recommends anti-virus software for Mac Juha-Matti Laurio (Dec 02)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Apple recommends anti-virus software for Mac Juha-Matti Laurio (Dec 03)
- Re: Apple recommends anti-virus software for Mac David Harley (Dec 03)
- Re: Apple recommends anti-virus software for Mac Larry Seltzer (Dec 03)
- Re: Apple recommends anti-virus software for Mac David Harley (Dec 03)
- Re: Apple recommends anti-virus software for Mac Ivan_Macalintal (Dec 03)
- Re: Apple recommends anti-virus software for Mac Juha-Matti Laurio (Dec 03)
- Re: Apple recommends anti-virus software for Mac Juha-Matti Laurio (Dec 03)