CNET: One in five Macs 'infected' with malware is inaccurate

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One in five Mac systems having malware is testament to the prevalence of Windows-based threats, and does not mean that one in five is "infected."

by Topher Kessler
April 24, 2012

Recently security company Sophos released a report that claims one in five Mac systems has malware on it, after receiving data from about 100,000 snapshots of systems that have installed its free Mac anti-virus software. The analysis of these snapshots suggests that 20 percent of Mac systems has at least one instance of malware on it.

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