Yesterday, the entire internet was in a tizzy about an old Apple technical document that recommended that Apple users install antivirus software. As we noted yesterday, Brian Krebs at the Washington Post didn't properly research his initial story, which presented the advice hidden in an old technical document on Apple's website as a game-changing admission by Apple to their vulnerability to viruses. Several other online publications then jumped on that bandwagon. This is a non-story because, as we noted yesterday, Apple has for a long time sold and supported the idea of antivirus software.

However, in reaction to the story that this non-story has become, Apple removed the technical document in question and Apple spokesperson Bill Evans tried to calm everyone by stating (via CNET): "The Mac is designed with built-in technologies that provide protection against malicious software and security threats right out of the box. However, since no system can be 100 percent immune from every threat, running antivirus software may offer additional protection."

Obsessable continues to recommend that you do run antivirus software on your Mac like the free and Open Source ClamXaV, if for no other reason than to ensure that you do not spread Windows viruses that don't affect your computer to your Windows-using friends and colleagues. However, if you choose to ignore this advice, the chances of any virus taking hold of your Mac and ruining all your data continue to be extremely low.

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