Tuesday, January 27, 2009

More Mac Viruses, Similar Sources: Time to Worry?

With two such high-profile virus detections coming so closely on each other’s heels, the question inevitably arises: Is Mac’s status as a highly secure option to Windows in danger?

http://theappleblog.com/2009/01/26/more-mac-viruses-similar-sources-time-to-worry/

Pirated software distributed via Torrents has always been a high-risk area, but those running a Mac OS have had the luxury of being less guarded about those types of threats because the malicious code they contained was generally written to attack Windows machines.

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