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Story: OSX 'at risk from attack'

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What a load of cobblers.

A couple of years back I was Mac consultant at a design studio (all Mac of course) when I had a call from a Symantec rep to remind them that the AV subscription was up for renewal (we were on OS 9). The studio head had signed up for this a year previous. (!)

I saw no benefit in pursuing the sub, in fact, the AV software caused installation problems many times. So I said no thanks, we wouldn't be needing it. The rep launched into a diatribe of how 'vulnerable' we'd be etc, I said no, I didn't think so as we're all Mac. He then insisted that I had to remove all their products from the Macs as otherwise we would be in 'breach of the licensing agreement'. Apart from the fact that the licensing agreement covered the UPDATES not the original software, I said fine, you can take it from me it will be removed within an hour of this call....

He was very aggressive.. I wonder why...? Money stream?

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