[X4U] Re: Malware (Was: Consumer Reports)

[Robert Ameeti]

At 5:38 PM -0700, 9/8/05, Randy B.Singer wrote:

>Robert Ameeti said:
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>>>Lastly, the article says "Whether you opt for a Windows PC or a Mac,
>>>you should use antivirus, firewall, and antispyware programs." The
>>>truth is that every antivirus software program on the Mac has had
>>>multiple versions that have caused problems for Macintosh users
>>>while being installed on an operating system for which there are not
>>>viruses. Doesn't seem to make sense to me.
>
>Can you tell me what problem Intego's Virus Barrier has ever caused?

I guess a program that doesn't really do anything won't cause much 
harm. At least Symantec threw some poorly written kernel extensions 
in the System folder in an effort to try to be proactive.

>I've been running Virus Barrier for about 7 years now.

And how many Mac viruses has it found in those 7 years?

 From the devils advocate perspective, it would seem that a program 
that didn't muck with the system, and perhaps just did a cursory 
short spin of the hard drive, with the boasting of looking for snipe, 
or viruses, could be a very fast and efficient program claiming that 
it found no snipe or viruses. And pay the man at the door as you exit.

Selling a product that portends to find something that doesn't exist 
is snake oil in my book.
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Robert Ameeti

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