PCWorld: Mac Malware Brouhaha: Are Apple Users No Longer Safe?

By Jeff Bertolucci
May 18, 2011

Mac users don't have to worry about malware, right? Well, for many years that's been true, although the reasons were always the topic of contentious debate between the Apple faithful and various security researchers, many of whom predicted Mac security breaches would rise as Apple's share of the PC market climbed northward.

A new report suggests this may be happening now. ZDNet blogger Ed Bott reported Wednesday that a malicious app called MAC Defender (among various aliases) is afflicting more Mac users than previously thought.

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