Symantec: No file infecting viruses for OS X

Of course, the idea of a virus, just like the ones that infect humans, It has to have a large "user" base in order for it to thrive. The larger the Mac community grows, the more likely that Macs will become a security target. Especially if apple ever gets lax about how it handles its security and patch updates. Acting as if they are immune is not a good thing, even publicly.

On another note, why would anyone want to use a Symantec product to secure their machine (Mac or PC) is beyond me. Symantec system tools are notoriously bloated, and degrade system performance. Not only that, they are often buggy to the point that it will actually corrupt data on your computer. Almost every symantec product I have tried that has been made since 2000 has caused some sort of corruption or system failure. It's Mac tools for OSX being the worst ever.

"Mac users might not have to worry about viruses now but that doesn't mean that OS X is somehow magically immune to viruses."

A Nun can get Herpes but that doesn't mean we should stock the pockets of her habit with condoms.

You mean that little fairy hovering over my PowerMac won't protect my system from viruses? Damn!

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Just kidding; your posts suck.

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Isn't Symantec saying this kind of thing asking for file infecting viruses to be written for Mac? Then again, they could be doing this on purpose. 1) Say there are no infecting viruses. 2)Someone writes the said viruses. 3)People buy Symtantec's Norton protection for Mac to counter the viruses?

Aww, thanks you guys!

A combo s/w package would be cool. I run Norton on my Mac mini, but it's mostly for viruses that may be in files I import from the Windows side of things (for clients I manage).

I'm doing BootCamp on my MacBook Pro and will use AVG, but so far have nothing on the OS X side for virus protection. So far, I've not needed it, but would like to find something besides Norton. Wish AVG had a Mac version.

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Considering how much market penetration Macs are going to have this year, perhaps Symantec should start looking for ways to make Norton Systemworks actually work properly on OS X and make a nice edition to complement OS X Leopard just how Symantec used to release Systemworks on the Windows side of things in tandem with the latest Microsoft release...

Maybe...I dunno...make some Norton enhancements to BootCamp? Have a combo offering that includes the Windows versions of programs for people who are dual booting into XP/Vista on their Macs?