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Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X


From: Russell Fulton <r.fulton () AUCKLAND AC NZ>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 13:23:59 +1200

I agree -- there was an implicit "at the moment" at the end of the
sentence quoted :)

That's why we have invested in AV license and infrastructure for Macs
even though we are not fully deploying it a the moment.

Russell

On 8/05/2009, at 12:29 AM, Morrow Long wrote:

On May 7, 2009, at 2:39 AM, Russell Fulton wrote:
Not huge amount of any of this but bad stuff for macs is out there
in the wild.

Jon Oltsik predicted yesterday on CNET that Apple will recommend
security software as a standard practice on all systems.

He also predicted that attacks on Macs will "increase precipitously"
over the next year based for a number of reasonable reasons.

       http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10234535-83.html?tag=nl.e757

On May 7, 2009, at 2:39 AM, Russell Fulton wrote:
Not huge amount of any of this but bad stuff for macs is out there
in the wild.

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