Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Is antivirus software good or bad?
On a Windows machine, of course you're better off with antivirus software than without it. The software can cause problems, and bad ones -- I've lost one disk to buggy antivirus software -- but it's much better than letting viruses run free.
On a Macintosh, right now (May 2005) I'd actually recommend against installing antivirus software. Until virus writers invent and share a working Mac OS X virus, the risk from a virus is lower than the risk of antivirus software destabilizing your computer.
I could change that advice tomorrow. The Mac has some advantages in virus resistance but it doesn't have magic immunity.
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On a Macintosh, right now (May 2005) I'd actually recommend against installing antivirus software. Until virus writers invent and share a working Mac OS X virus, the risk from a virus is lower than the risk of antivirus software destabilizing your computer.
I could change that advice tomorrow. The Mac has some advantages in virus resistance but it doesn't have magic immunity.
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