Daily Archives: May 26, 2011

My final word on the whole “Macs don’t get viruses” thing

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

It’s something you hear all the time when you read forums and comments. Someone talks about malware and instead of saying malware, they say “virus”. And someone pops up to reply “Macs can’t get viruses. [Mac Defender][] isn’t a [virus][] … Continue reading →

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The bit that John Gruber didn’t quote from Rich Mogull

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

The bit that John Gruber left out of [his post][daringfireball] quoting [Rich Mogull on the Mac Defender malware][macworld]: >Windows 7 is actually more secure than OS X I wonder how many of John’s readers will pick up on that. [daringfireball]: … Continue reading →

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