Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X

[Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>]

Yes, but when it was pointed out that this flew in the face of their TV ads, they pulled the recommendation

Marketing wins every time :-)

My 2 cents,
Joel

--On Tuesday, May 05, 2009 12:27 PM -0400 Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM> wrote:

> Stanclift, Michael wrote:
> > I think Apple does a huge
> > disservice to its users and to the technology community by making
> > them think simply using their OS is enough to protect them from the
> > dangers on the Internet.
>
> To give credit where it's due, back in November Apple did indeed
> recommend it's users use antivirus software. Although they didn't
> exactly shout this from the rooftops...
>
> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/12/apple_mac_users_should_get_ant.html?nav=rss_blog
>
> --
> Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of
> Species.
> -- Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
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>
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>
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Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel