![]() When I first entered the antihacking field (around 1987), the only malware programs running on personal computers were Apple computer viruses. This is not a surprise to anyone who knows computer security. The obscurity that granted Macs lower risk for unauthorized manipulation is now gone. ![]() And Apple yesterday released via its Software Update utility a Java update that also removes the malware from infected Macs.) This follows on previous large infections from MacDefender and its variants. (Symantec now reports that still-infected Macs number about 270,000. If current reports of the Flashback Java malware epidemic are to be believed, at least 600,000 Macs were infected, which amounts to about 1 in every 100 Macs. Many security experts, including me, have predicted that the growing popularity of Apple's Mac platform would subject it to the same global-level malware threats that plague Microsoft Windows users.
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