Originally Posted by
Efrem
Anyone who thinks Macs are immune from this sort of thing is under a serious delusion.
Less attractive to malware writers because of lower market share: yes. (As their market share grows, which it seems to be doing, they may become more attractive this way, but for the foreseeable future we're still talking single-digit percentages.)
Harder to crack because of the Unix underpinning of the OS: yes.
Immune: no. This just proves it.
Precisely!
Mac's have never been immune just not attractive enough for the hackers to get in to. But just as you say - higher market share the attraction goes up.
So far I don't think there is a need to panic. A careful user will not do an update when visiting a website. I always surf to the software site and check there first.
Never click on attachments unless I know the sender and it is an attachment I've been waiting for. Anything else goes in the trash. The "better be safe than sorry" approach has stuck from my PC days.
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