Symantec: No Viruses Exist for Apple’s OS X

by Earl Moore on July 14, 2006

in Apple Mac, Observations, Software

Symantec Says No Viruses Exist for Apple’s OS X - DailyTech.com

There’s a article on the DailyTech that quotes a blog on Symantec’s website, that says that as of right now, there are no virus threats that exist for Apple’s UNIX-based OS X operating system.

However they do state that there is always the possibility that one may arrive in the next few months:

As I tell my internal and external customers alike, just because there are no file-infecting viruses that can affect Mac OS X now, that doesn’t mean there won’t be a really nasty one released in the next five minutes. The likelihood of that happening is comparatively low and could be debated ad nauseam, but as Benjamin Franklin said: “A little neglect may breed great mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost.”

So for the moment Apple OS X 10.4.7 is about as secure as you can get.

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