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Welcome to the World of Fake Mac Viruses

November 7th, 2006

The security companies are encouraged. Windows users are hoping someone else will feel the pain, but in the end it seems the latest Mac virus threat is just another non-starter.
Just the other day, Symantec delivered the news of still another one of those “proof of concept” viruses that seem to make headlines, but never actually [...]


The Apple Security Report: Time to Take Precautions

February 25th, 2006

When you think of security, the threat of malware comes to mind. Whether you call it a virus, a Trojan Horse or a worm, you don’t want to have to confront the nasty thing. You may prefer to think of such problems as exclusive to the Windows platform, but the first computer virus actually appeared [...]


Mac Security: Don’t Get Overconfident!

May 28th, 2005

You have to feel smug when you hear the statistics. Over 80% of PC users have been infected by spyware, and, dozens of spyware applications are typically found on their computers. Even the fastest Pentium-based workstations can slow to a crawl under this abuse. If you want to get a small picture of the damage [...]