Apple once again recommends antivirus software

[shonia]

Here we go again. It looks like Apple has again recommended that Mac OS X users install antivirus software. They do it in the Snow Leopard security page as described below:

Apple recognizes virus and malware threat to Mac OS X and once again recommends antivirus software?

I don't know what's going on with Apple when it comes to antivirus. They recommend it then backtrack. Now it shows up again with Snow Leopard. It's surely gonna open up the debate as to why Apple has posted the recommendation yet again.

 

[xUKHCx]

http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/security.html

The Mac is designed with built-in technologies that provide protection against malicious software and security threats right out of the box. However, since no system can be 100 percent immune from every threat, antivirus software may offer additional protection.

Hardly a recommendation, I think it is just apple covering themselves a little.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Where in the article does it recommend antivirus software? It doesn't even say antivirus software is helpful, it just says it might be.

 

[MisterMe]

Here we go again. It looks like Apple has again recommended that Mac OS X users install antivirus software. ...

Nonsense. You call that a recommendation? Substitute the name of any product that you like into that sentence for the phrase antivirus software. Would you be more likely to buy it?