Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult.Check out this recently updated technical note on Apple's Web site: As PC 'ah-choos' his way through an infection, Mac offers a tissue and smugly infers that he's immune to the 114,000 Windows viruses.Īway from the television screen, Apple's technical advice is different. One of Apple's better Mac vs PC ads features a strong message that Windows computers are a magnet for viruses (malware) but Macs are automatically protected.