Comments on: Apple users need to be secure too http://www.bladewatch.com/2007/12/03/apple-users-need-to-be-secure-too/ Tracking servers and enterprise technology. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:11:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chuck http://www.bladewatch.com/2007/12/03/apple-users-need-to-be-secure-too/#comment-34054 Chuck Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:16:42 +0000 http://www.bladewatch.com/2007/12/03/apple-users-need-to-be-secure-too/#comment-34054 Leaning? 140K viruses for Windows vs. maybe four proof-of-concept on the Mac? I agree OS X needs to STAY secure, but there is no comparison with Windows. Those who think because the Mac market share is growing and in turn that viruses will grow along with it are uninformed or fooling themselves. This isn't an argument, it's the facts when comparing how the foundations of the OSes were built. It has been beaten to death. Windows was never meant to work on the Internet and with email. We can debate it all day. But where are all the viruses, malware, spyware and trojans for the Mac? Or Linux? Or Unix OSes? I manage 55 Macs where I work. None of them run any AV software. Why waste money and processor cycles? Better yet, stay off the porn sites and pay attention to the emails with links, and 99.999% of these trojans will never land on a Mac. I'm not unrealistic. We sit behind a firewall on a managed network. But until there is a real virus in the wild taking down hundreds of connected Macs, this is all just frivolous talk. Leaning? 140K viruses for Windows vs. maybe four proof-of-concept on the Mac? I agree OS X needs to STAY secure, but there is no comparison with Windows. Those who think because the Mac market share is growing and in turn that viruses will grow along with it are uninformed or fooling themselves. This isn’t an argument, it’s the facts when comparing how the foundations of the OSes were built. It has been beaten to death. Windows was never meant to work on the Internet and with email. We can debate it all day. But where are all the viruses, malware, spyware and trojans for the Mac? Or Linux? Or Unix OSes?

I manage 55 Macs where I work. None of them run any AV software. Why waste money and processor cycles? Better yet, stay off the porn sites and pay attention to the emails with links, and 99.999% of these trojans will never land on a Mac.

I’m not unrealistic. We sit behind a firewall on a managed network. But until there is a real virus in the wild taking down hundreds of connected Macs, this is all just frivolous talk.

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