Very surprisingly enough but Apple has asked all the Mac users to use anti-virus softwares for their computers. Though Apple says that there is nothing alarming in it and it is not that Mac has gone insecure, but something is not right I feel.

Apple quietly signaled its shift with an item titled "Mac OS: Antivirus utilities" posted on its Support Web site November 21 and the item offers three software suggestions: Intego VirusBarrier X5 and Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 11 for Macintosh, both available from the Apple Online Store, and McAfee VirusScan for Mac.

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