Apple Removes Claim That 'Mac Doesn't Get PC Viruses'

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Posted June 25, 2012 at 5:07pm by iClarified

Apple has removed a claim that the Mac 'Doesn't Get PC Viruses' from its website, notes PC World.

As you can see in the image below, Apple removed the statement that "It doesn't get PC viruses" and replaced it with "It's built to be safe."

Sophos U.S. senior technology consultant Graham Cluley says, "I view the changes in the messages pushed out by their marketing department as some important baby-steps. Let's hope more Apple Mac owners are also learning to take important security steps -- such as installing antivirus protection."

OS X users were recently hit by malware attacks such as the Flashback trojan which infected over 650,000 Macs leading Kaspersky founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky to say Apple is 'ten years behind Microsoft in terms of security'.

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Apple Removes Claim That 'Mac Doesn't Get PC Viruses'

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Bienvenue - September 23, 2012 at 4:52am

Four score and seven muniets ago, I read a sweet article. Lol thanks

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Kis - June 25, 2012 at 6:47pm

The new slogan is a pack of lies as well. It is so NOT built to be safe. If you were to attack it with all viruses written for Windows then it will be shredded to pieces! Apple never cared about security because nobody wrote any viruses for it. I c an see bad times coming to mac.

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Baffled - June 26, 2012 at 4:54am

"If you were to attack it with all viruses written for Windows then it will be shredded to pieces!" nothing would happen. Nothing at all. They are written for windows, not mac. I have to assume you meant if they were written for mac too then blah, blah, blah. Again nothing. If you have a decent anti-virus + firewall and are not an idiot then same result. Nothing. In the almost 20 years I have been using Macs I have not met a single person who's had a single infection. Not one ever.

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Roobert - June 26, 2012 at 10:47am

Basically I agree, just for the record: I remember a time under system 5 or 6 or 7 that some malware named WDEF-A and WDEF-B were a common nuisance. No harm done, but hang the system.

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Irem - September 21, 2012 at 9:15pm

my question to you is: are you crazy? goolge chrome on a mac is way better then safari on a mac. Lets face it, chrome is 1 step ahead of safari. but would i go out and buy a goolge laptop? no way. u cant replace a mac! but safari is 2nd best my friend. load them both onto ur computer and put ur lifestyle to the test. undisputed, chrome is by far 1#!!!!!

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