Apple Finally Tells Mac Users: Best Get A Virus Checker

via Gizmodo UK


Apple isn't exactly used to eating humble pie but took in a slice recently when it was forced to remove its iPhone advert for misleading consumers.

Knife and fork at the ready then since one of the companies most notorious claims, namely that of the lack of virus threats on its computers, is now something that must be confined to the past.

In late November an update to Apple's support site saw it recommending the use of anti-virus tools to protect Macs for the first time, following a string of malware designed to target its machines.

It seems like a rather knee-jerk reaction on the part of Apple since you're encouraged to use multiple applications so that "virus programmers have more than one to circumvent", which does sound a bit overkill both in terms of affecting the performance of your computer and your bank balance.