Comments on: Mac Malware – Fake Video Codec OSX-Jahlav-C http://jaredheinrichs.com/mac-malware-fake-video-codec.html A "How to" Blog on Software and Technology Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:55:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jared Heinrichs http://jaredheinrichs.com/mac-malware-fake-video-codec.html/comment-page-1#comment-14 Jared Heinrichs Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:25:31 +0000 http://jaredheinrichs.com/mac-malware-fake-video-codec.html#comment-14 Has nothing to do with going from Motorola to Intel. Apple NEEDED to do it. If they didn't do it the "Apple Tax" would have been through the roof. What people don't understand is Apple and Microsoft make different ways. Apple does it through it's hardware. Microsoft doese it through it's software. These issues have nothing to do with it's hardware. You are going to see Mac Malware explode in the next year. Just like Windows, your security is only as good as the "user's" smarts. If you click "YES" to run a crack on piece of software or "YES" to install a video codec then "YES" no matter what OS you have you will be "infected". What I like to remind people is that right now there are a ton of security companies can help users running Windows. Unfortunately that is not the case on the Mac side. I also like to let people know that the first real virus was for the Mac waaaay back in the day. They have never learned. Microsoft is going to be giving away FREE antivirus now which I think shows that they care for their customers. Unlike Apple that refuses to tell people that there is a problem until they patch the software. If you look at the track records between Microsoft, Apple, Blackberry etc.. Microsoft still leads the pack on getting a fix out the door and propperly letting it's customers know what is going on. Apple wasn't even in the top 20. That is the main reason why I much prefer Microsoft products to Apple's. Has nothing to do with going from Motorola to Intel. Apple NEEDED to do it. If they didn’t do it the “Apple Tax” would have been through the roof. What people don’t understand is Apple and Microsoft make different ways. Apple does it through it’s hardware. Microsoft doese it through it’s software.

These issues have nothing to do with it’s hardware. You are going to see Mac Malware explode in the next year. Just like Windows, your security is only as good as the “user’s” smarts. If you click “YES” to run a crack on piece of software or “YES” to install a video codec then “YES” no matter what OS you have you will be “infected”.

What I like to remind people is that right now there are a ton of security companies can help users running Windows. Unfortunately that is not the case on the Mac side. I also like to let people know that the first real virus was for the Mac waaaay back in the day. They have never learned.

Microsoft is going to be giving away FREE antivirus now which I think shows that they care for their customers. Unlike Apple that refuses to tell people that there is a problem until they patch the software. If you look at the track records between Microsoft, Apple, Blackberry etc.. Microsoft still leads the pack on getting a fix out the door and propperly letting it’s customers know what is going on.

Apple wasn’t even in the top 20.

That is the main reason why I much prefer Microsoft products to Apple’s.

]]> By: Bruce http://jaredheinrichs.com/mac-malware-fake-video-codec.html/comment-page-1#comment-13 Bruce Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:25:45 +0000 http://jaredheinrichs.com/mac-malware-fake-video-codec.html#comment-13 Sorry, I meant I blame Apple, not Mac. Sorry, I meant I blame Apple, not Mac.

]]> By: Bruce http://jaredheinrichs.com/mac-malware-fake-video-codec.html/comment-page-1#comment-12 Bruce Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:24:21 +0000 http://jaredheinrichs.com/mac-malware-fake-video-codec.html#comment-12 I blame Mac for moving over from Motorola to Intel. They are turning Macs into PCs! I blame Mac for moving over from Motorola to Intel. They are turning Macs into PCs!

]]> By: Aubrey http://jaredheinrichs.com/mac-malware-fake-video-codec.html/comment-page-1#comment-6 Aubrey Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:41:32 +0000 http://jaredheinrichs.com/mac-malware-fake-video-codec.html#comment-6 Well played Jared, well played... good thing I never watch porntube. Well played Jared, well played… good thing I never watch porntube.

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