AppleCare support advises Mac users to use antivirus now!

By eric on May 19, 2011

 


An extract of a nice read at ZDNet:

I can tell you for a fact, many, many people are falling for this attack. Our call volume here at AppleCare is 4-5x higher than normal and [the overwhelming majority] of our calls are about this Mac Defender and its aliases. Many frustrated Mac users think their Mac is impervious to viruses and think this is a real warning from Apple. I really wish I could say not many people will fall for this, but in this last week, we have had nothing but Mac Defender and similar calls.

AppleCare support advises Mac users to use antivirus now!

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Microsoft’s PC vs. Mac

By eric on November 15, 2010

Microsoft uses 2 laptops, one PC and one Mac. Instead of ripping on the competition like Apple did, they made it a friendly setting. Looks like Microsoft has found a good marketing campaign. I am surprised Mac’s do not have one feature. Watch the video to find out.

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Security Experts Claim iPad Vulnerable To New Attacks – The Consumerist

By eric on June 14, 2010

 

Security Experts Claim iPad Vulnerable To New Attacks

By Marc Perton on June 14, 2010 2:29 PM

Goatse Security, the white-hat hackers that exposed the iPad’s problems keeping email addresses under wraps, is back with a warning about additional risks to owners of the tablet. And they’re also more than a little peeved that AT&T called them “malicious” in yesterday’s apology to customers. “When we disclosed this, we did it as a service to our nation. We love America and the idea of the Russians or Chinese being able to subvert American infrastructure is a nightmare,” Goatse’s Escher Auernheimer said.

Security Experts Claim iPad Vulnerable To New Attacks – The Consumerist

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Apple’s Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed

By eric on June 10, 2010

Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the cellular-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking.

http://gawker.com/5559346/apples-worst-security-breach-114000-ipad-owners-exposed

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7 people who are returning their iPads

By eric on April 8, 2010

You could be among them, but don’t delay.

Months of hype built up your expectations — like one of those Internet romances. There’s what you imagined the iPad to be, and now there is the reality. Can you annul this sorry relationship? Yes, within 14 days of purchase and by coughing up a 10-percent restocking fee.

www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/7-people-who-are-returning-their-iPads/1270688736

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