Segurança e vírus no Mac — outra vez

Posted by Mac² on 05/12/2008

Nos últimos dias correram notícias sobre um artigo lançado pela Apple no qual a empresa hipoteticamente fazia a apologia da instalação de um (ou mais) anti-vírus nos Macs. Esta lebre revelou-se de rápida corrida, mas de pouca distância (como quase todas as lebres, aliás).

Há poucos blogues e bloguistas a quem eu reconheço efectivas capacidades para falar deste assunto. Um deles é o Rich Mogull que escreve para a TidBits:

Thus I’d like to reiterate our previous advice:

Everyone should use an email service that filters spam, viruses, and other malicious software (such as MobileMe, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, or Google Mail).

Enterprise users often need to install antivirus software to comply with corporate policies and avoid being a vector to infect their Windows-based coworkers. Any of the major antivirus solutions work well, and you should work with your corporate IT department to determine what to install.

If you visit risky sites (adult, gambling, and file sharing sites are the major ones) and download software from them, you should consider installing antivirus software. Of the two major pieces of malicious software we’ve seen this year, one disguised itself as a plug-in to view adult videos, the other as a poker program.

If you are running Windows on your Mac, via Boot Camp or a virtualization tool like VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop, you still need to install Windows-based antivirus software to protect your Windows installation.

Generally, other Mac users don’t need to install antivirus software at this time, but I advise you to stay abreast of security news in TidBITS, just in case the situation does change. Email filtering will likely protect you if there is some sort of sudden outbreak, but it’s entirely possible that Macs could become a more common target in the future.

Já falei deste assunto em:

Afinal, precisamos de usar antivírus ou não?