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Originally Posted by bigtomrodney So It says everyone should get anti-virus, and consider using a firewall. I was really confused by this. Considering the fact that these are social attacks and not technical is one part. |
That's a point often confused by industry pundits trying to "blow a hole" in the strawman theory that Mac OS X is invulnerable (note that I've never heard
anyone with any sort of measurable intelligence ever say that OS X or any other system was perfect). Most of the "viruses" on OS X have been due to social engineering. They trick the user into doing something like opening a file or running a script. In effect, the user hangs themselves.
I agree that if a bank tells people to install antivirus to stop phishing attacks, they're just playing the "cover our posterior" game so that when someone gets their information stolen they can say, "We told you to be careful! We're not liable."