Apple anti-virus now available
Posted on | December 23, 2008 | 3 comments
Symantec has commenced selling anti-virus subscriptions for Macs — another sign the current generation of virulent Trojans circulating in e-mail and instant message spam, infesting Facebook and MySpace ; and lurking on millions of tainted web sites, are platform agnostic.
Mac users can now buy Norton Internet Security for Mac, which Symantec describes as “a next-generation security suite that integrates an all-new firewall and antivirus protection with tools to help protect against identity theft.” Symantec also launched Norton Internet Security for Mac Dual Protection, “securing Mac users running Boot Camp or other Windows virtualization software – programs that allow users to run both Mac OS X Leopard and Windows operating systems.”
Rowan Trollope, Symantec’s senior vice president, Consumer Business Unit, opines, “Even Mac owners are susceptible to online threats, and when it comes to phishing, it doesn’t matter what platform you’re using.” Symantec’s malware tracking data shows “that Macs can be a target for viruses and malware,” he says.
Don’t expect Apple to react. Tech industry Rob Enderle has given the best explanation I’ve seen for how Apple can continue to stand aloof from the rest of the tech security community. Enderle observes: “Apple doesn’t really talk about its exposures; it focuses its efforts on making its product appear invulnerable. It doesn’t cooperate with security firms and seems to actually recommend folks don’t use security products . . . Apple keeps its own security folks locked away working quietly on security problems. It patches quietly, as well, trying to limit or eliminate any sustained coverage of the problems that it too clearly has.”
–Byron Acohido
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Such free anti virus software are not simply worth anything. Identity Theft
Comment by Identity Theft — 12/24/2008 @ 2:25 am
Identity Theft is so rampant these days because it is quite easy to harvest information from someone else.’.*
Comment by Sienna Richardson — 5/24/2010 @ 9:44 pm
identity theft is rampant both in online and offline settings. better be careful*~*
Comment by Sebastian Hussain — 7/22/2010 @ 10:56 pm