I will say, I said this as a mac (exclusive other than VM) user. This isn't even wrong." - Wolfgang Pauli" I hope we can keep it that way, as it has worked well for us so far. ![]() Thankfully we're in a position (after putting in some initial effort) that we have zero need for Microsoft and Adobe (nor would anyone consider installing Microsoft software on Linux, btw). That's why we use both macOS, Linux (and a bit of FreeBSD) and LibreOffice. Ditto for anything made by Adobe, although I must caveat that I understand that some creative companies don't have that option. That is also the exact reason why we don't bother using their software - we are not prepared to spend the money and effort to fix their deficiencies. That still hasn't happened yet in all those years (apart from a slight blip with Vista), so from a pure capitalistic perspective I can understand why they don't bother. The only way Microsoft will ever actively and pre-emptively start to deal with security issues from the structural basis upwards is if it is going to cost them revenue. Sure, they will make all sorts of wonderful noises about security, but as far as I can tell, the vast swathes of people they bought in from security outfits were only ever taken in for marketing and making pretty powerpoint presentations with fancy ideas and lots of promises, not for actually fixing anything. I've been dealing/fighting with Microsoft since about MS DOS 2 or something, and in all that time I have yet to sense any desire to protect the users - their only focus is protection of revenue. These are in addition to other Mac security features. There are currently three components: (1) Gatekeeper (2) XProtect (3) MRT, Malware Removal Tool. That has been the case since 10.6.x Snow Leopard released in 2011. Or do what ALL wise Office users do and Turn Off Macros! How many decades have malicious macros been plaguing Office? Of course turn them off already.īTW: Apple has anti-malware software built into modern versions of macOS. Therefore, please complain to Microsoft about their Office macro system if you're concerned about the new EmPyre macro malware. Meanwhile, Microsoft is responsible for their own malware problems in Microsoft Office. This is the case with the new MacDownloader malware. They've depended upon social engineering in order to be directly and deliberately installed by the user. The majority of Mac malware (malware being the overall term that includes 'viruses' and other malicious software) instead have been Trojan horses. ![]() If one wishes to be a stickler for professional terminology, OS X has never actually had a 'virus'. But the list does help point out that Macs have had many orders of magnitude LESS malware than concurrent versions of Windows. It's an incomplete list as I haven't bothered with most adware (such as Genieo), PUPs (potentially unwanted programs, such as MacKeeper) or Microsoft Office macros. ![]() ![]() I personally have a collected database of 132 different Mac malware from the beginning of Mac OS X ('macOS') onward. (I won't either, so watch and learn instead): Here's the famous video that upsets the haters and no one bothers to directly quote.
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