Apple provides virus protection in Snow Leopard upgrade

AFTER YEARS of harassing Microsoft in advertising campaigns claiming that OS X was invulnerable to computer viruses, Apple has finally admitted that Snow Leper can be humbled by malware.

For years Mac fanboys have been telling the world plus dog how the mighty word of Steve Jobs protects them from all viruses.

Indeed it is an article of Apple fanboy faith that PC virus writers are too fearful of the wrath of Jobs to even think of writing a virus for Mac OS X.

When Mac viruses do appear the fanboys insist that it is not a virus but 'malware' or a 'worm' so that does not count. Malware is simply a generic term meaning 'malicious software', and worms are more or less the same thing as viruses.

Well, now it seems that Apple has backtracked on its faith-based IT security regime and provided Snow Leper users with free anti-virus software. Of course this must still be to protect against 'malware' or even 'worms' because Apple's latest adverts slam Microsoft's products for suffering from viruses.

People who pay for the Leopard service pack can get the feature working with a download via Safari. In a screenshot it is shown detecting a version of the RSPlug Trojan horse, which can't affect a Mac, apparently.

Apple is also in a bit of hot water in Blighty at the moment for charging its users more for its Snow Leopard service pack upgrade.

Jobs' Mob, which already makes Brits pay more for its overpriced hardware, has decided that people in the UK should pay 22 per cent more than Americans for Snow Leopard. After all, if they are stupid enough to pay over the odds for the hardware, they must be dumb enough to pay more than Americans for the holy software as well.

Apple forums are full of Brits moaning that Apple has spat in their faces and they will have to pay more. American fanboys seem to be telling them to shut up because they would dream of being allowed to pay more for their Apple software. Sometimes they lie awake all night and dream of writing a big 'check' to Cappuccino to pay Steve Jobs more money for their software and hardware. And ooohhh, to be spat in the face.... µ

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