Marco,
Believe what you want. You are entitled. But did you read the article you linked? Please do not mislead people.
In the PCAdvisor article that you linked, the actual bottom lines are:
"Do Macs need antivirus: the verdict
I'd say that if you are using your Mac at home, mostly for non business purposes, you can close this article and continue to operate without security software. Yes, it is a risk. But using the internet is a risk, and in my considered view running a Mac without AV is a worthwhile calculated risk.
There are exceptions, however. If you are running a business with a fleet of Macs, or a network of both Macs and Windows PCs, I'd suggest getting in some protection. It's a belt and braces approach that may not be necessary, but if you have a lot to lose it's a small price to pay for peace of mind.
You may also consider using antivirus on your Mac if for some reason you could be targeted individually - if you have access to sensitive or high-value data, for instance. If you do choose to buy antivirus for your Mac, take a look at the reviews roundup put together by our colleagues on Macworld: Best Mac antivirus software."
So, the author of the article states it is a "worthwhile calculated risk" if you have nothing of importance to lose. But how many of us who use a computer of any kind have nothing of importance to lose on that machine?
And Macs are less likely to be targets of viruses, because virus programmers go after the most attractive market to attack. Macs currently have a worldwide market of 4.95% of all desktop/laptop computers. Windows has a market share of 88.43%. If a virus programmer infected ALL of the Macs worldwide, they would infect less than 5% of all desktop/laptops.
Macs are currently far, far less susceptible to viruses because there are far, far less of them for virus programmers to attack. But even this does not make them immune. The author points this out by stating "the Mac market share in wealthy western countries is around 20-30 percent. When you consider that Macs are expensive, and so their owners tend to be wealthier than the average PC users, they start to look like an attractive target. I'm not scare-mongering - the threat is not there in any significant scale. But someday it could be, and that may make AV (antivirus) a worthwhile investment."
And if Macs dont need antivirus software, why does MacWorld have reviews for the "best" Mac antivirus software?
The true bottom line is no computer operating system is immune, and if you have something to lose, protect it as best as possible.
This is getting tiresome and completely off topic.
Marco, this is not some battle for anyone to win, but should be a thread to help people with the problem that was discovered that they can fix with an upgrade to Chrome. Please stop with the "my OS is better than yours" nonsense.
