# Apple recommends running anti-virus software
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 2, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095 "2008-12-02T10:42:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PsngrSeatsR4Boys)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/21 "2008-12-04T09:11:21Z")
i knew this was bound to happen with the increase of mac users. meh oh well. my ibook will survive.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/22 "2008-12-04T09:11:32Z")
> [@ZOMGVTEK](#):
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> Ran a scan on the mac that i download all sorts of cracks and spyware ridden files for my pc. It came up with one virus in a file called CRACK.exe in my downloads folder. And .exe’s only run through X11, and that dosent have a file system like windows, so theres nothing to infect. And it wouldnt affect the main OS anyways.
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> So yea, clean as expected. And on this computer i go to all the good crack websites, and sometimes even click on the popups.
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> Obviously Apple is going to tell you to run some antiviral software. Theres many reasons for this. I dont see how this is a big deal.
I don’t think it’s so much related to the operating system as much as it is exploits within 3rd party software that they can’t control.
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### Author:  [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/23 "2008-12-04T09:14:00Z")
Nobody writes viruses for mac because the user base is so small. Hence why they don’t need an av solution. It has nothing to do with a ‘well written OS’. Yes, there are probably a few out there but not enough to warrant an av solution. Viruses are written for Windows platforms because 90% of the computing world is on Windows.
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/24 "2008-12-04T09:15:20Z")
I want to see Bill Gates hire some :snky: black hats and beat the shit out of OS X with viruses. Then Mac users can finally STFU and realize they’re not invisible. Probably be more effective dollar for dollar than advertising also.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/25 "2008-12-04T09:18:04Z")
> [@Joe](#):
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> I want to see Bill Gates hire some :snky: black hats and beat the shit out of OS X with viruses. Then Mac users can finally STFU and realize they’re not invisible. Probably be more effective dollar for dollar than advertising also.
NSA/CIA just did extensive testing on 10.5 and the DoD/Army is also running extensive testing on 10.5…
Mac users are better btw
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/26 "2008-12-04T09:22:28Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> NSA/CIA just did extensive testing on 10.5 and the DoD/Army is also running extensive testing on 10.5…
… and?
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/27 "2008-12-04T09:27:24Z")
Well the Army runs MacOSX for their webservers…and its one of the most targeted websites on the internet :lol:
DoD is also doing a Mac roll out at the pentagon…A lot of the higher ups really like iChat :lol:
I walked 10.5 Client/Server and XSan through a pretty intensive army security audit and it passed no problem…
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/28 "2008-12-04T09:30:56Z")
lol
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/29 "2008-12-04T09:34:33Z")
speaking of which, was reading about a new encryption technology they’ve been working on called quantum cryptology. Pretty cool stuff :tup: But they can’t yet figure out how to send the signal long distances
wild stuff
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/30 "2008-12-04T09:40:09Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> Well the Army runs MacOSX for their webservers…and its one of the most targeted websites on the internet :lol:
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> DoD is also doing a Mac roll out at the pentagon…A lot of the higher ups really like iChat :lol:
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> I walked 10.5 Client/Server and XSan through a pretty intensive army security audit and it passed no problem…
God damn it. So my money is going to Steve Jobs?
:uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :uhh: :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/31 "2008-12-04T09:48:31Z")
Actually your tax dollars went to a bunch of Macs sitting in a government warehouse :lol:
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/32 "2008-12-04T09:50:34Z")
No more USB thumb drives for the government either
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> Actually your tax dollars went to a bunch of Macs sitting in a government warehouse
It’s sad that nobodyfinds that surprising lol …figures
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/33 "2008-12-04T09:55:43Z")
Anything on the secure side of the DoD you wouldn’t be plugging a thumb drive into anyways…
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/34 "2008-12-04T09:57:18Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> Actually your tax dollars went to a bunch of Macs sitting in a government warehouse :lol:
“Look at the pretty packaging. It just works!”
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/35 "2008-12-04T09:57:57Z")
mapples?
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/36 "2008-12-04T09:58:36Z")
> [@Joe](#):
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> “Look at the pretty packaging. It just works!”
Actually it was more like the security guidelines for MacOS 10.5 are not released yet and we really need to get these Macs out of the warehouse how hard would it be to image all these with windows…
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### Author:  [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/37 "2008-12-04T12:18:29Z")
> [@Joe](#):
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> I want to see Bill Gates hire some :snky: black hats and beat the shit out of OS X with viruses. Then Mac users can finally STFU and realize they’re not invisible. Probably be more effective dollar for dollar than advertising also.
Bill Gates owns part of Apple
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### Author:  [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/38 "2008-12-04T12:25:46Z")
> [@Joe](#):
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> Then Mac users can finally STFU and realize they’re not invisible.
We are not invisible, but we are invincible, and more attractive!
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/39 "2008-12-04T12:34:04Z")
> [@neonglh](#):
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> We are not invisible, but we are invincible, and more attractive!
Yes,
And Gates and Jobs dont hate eachother. They worked together on quite a few things.
And 10.5.x is a very well written OS. Not flawless, but better than any windows to date. Its just incompatible mainly due to it not having 90 something percent of the market.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/40 "2008-12-04T13:02:20Z")
I am intrested to see real market % for MacOS vs Windows vs Linux
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