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<blockquote data-quote="poopgiggle" data-source="post: 1447927" data-attributes="member: 6406"><p>Right but the analysis could be more nuanced.</p><p></p><p>Mac has been "secure" for some time, but increasing marketshare means that attackers will have more to gain by targeting it and so the likelihood of a dangerous virus rises. This risk is compounded by the blind faith that Mac users seem to have in their security; that false sense of security is useful for a malicious person. Combine that with technical flaws in Mac OS, especially the Safari browser, and it's a ticking time bomb. (E: Safari isn't really part of Mac OS but I'm using "Mac OS" to mean "software that comes with your Mac." Mac OS itself left something to be desired w/r/t security last I checked too)</p><p></p><p>Big sites like Gawker have had their users' information compromised; is it so hard to believe that someone could break in and tweak a big website to trigger a client-side vulnerability in Safari and install something nasty? Not to me.</p><p></p><p>Running AV software on Mac isn't a pain at all; it's not even a pain for me, and I get a ton of false positives because of tools I use for work. The cost is low enough that there's no reason not to get the benefit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="poopgiggle, post: 1447927, member: 6406"] Right but the analysis could be more nuanced. Mac has been "secure" for some time, but increasing marketshare means that attackers will have more to gain by targeting it and so the likelihood of a dangerous virus rises. This risk is compounded by the blind faith that Mac users seem to have in their security; that false sense of security is useful for a malicious person. Combine that with technical flaws in Mac OS, especially the Safari browser, and it's a ticking time bomb. (E: Safari isn't really part of Mac OS but I'm using "Mac OS" to mean "software that comes with your Mac." Mac OS itself left something to be desired w/r/t security last I checked too) Big sites like Gawker have had their users' information compromised; is it so hard to believe that someone could break in and tweak a big website to trigger a client-side vulnerability in Safari and install something nasty? Not to me. Running AV software on Mac isn't a pain at all; it's not even a pain for me, and I get a ton of false positives because of tools I use for work. The cost is low enough that there's no reason not to get the benefit. [/QUOTE]
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