Apple Deletes Antivirus Support Page. A Recant?
MacWorld reporter Jim Dalrymple has revealed news of Apple Inc.’s (NasdaqGS: AAPL) deletion of the company’s recent update to it’s Antivirus support page. A short snippet of MacWorld post text appears after the jump.
From the MacWorld post: “Apple removes antivirus support page“
A support page on Apple’s Web site recommending users purchase antivirus software for their Macs received a lot of attention over the past couple of days, but on Tuesday Apple removed the page from its Web site.
“We have removed the KnowledgeBase article because it was old and inaccurate,” Apple spokesman Bill Evans, told Macworld. “The Mac is designed with built-in technologies that provide protection against malicious software and security threats right out of the box…”
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