With the Conficker going on right now, I am seeing more and more Tweets about Mac
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Now I might not know a lot but this type of Smug confidence will be the downfall of the Mac’s in the coming years. I have to ask do you not expect to get a virus at ALL? You see when a company like Apple starts to get above a certain degree in the eyes of the hackers. They will become a target, not a big target but a target.
In one of my post I talk about [intlink id=”2173″ type=”post”]Mac’s and Botnet[/intlink], you should really read it. It talks about why Apple will become the next fail whale. Some other Articles to Consider are:
- Not A MacCinema Installer — (Pub 3/31/09) (F-secure)
- New Malware Cracks Macs — (Pub 3/28/09) (TrendLab Maleware Blog)
- Yahoo Question about a Mac Virus — (Pub 3/28/09) (Yahoo Answers)
- Mac malware authors still plugging away — (Pub 3/23/09) (Sopho’s Blog)
And So I went into Google to see the trends for “Mac Virus” and Here is what I seen:
As you can tell Mac’s Virus and Maleware are on the rise. This doesn’t mean you have to worry about the Conficker worm, but you have to Worry. Most Apple Users are over confident that they will never get a virus or maleware on there system to the point that they will install it because they think they won’t get it. I’ve seen in the past where Mac users are [intlink id=”2801″ type=”post”]download programs illegally[/intlink] just because they think they are not going to a Virus or Maleware.
It just gets me going when I constantly see people post about how they have a Mac. I guess that Mac Ads are working but soon very soon they will change. Although the mentality of the Mac not getting a virus is so god like that one day something like the Conficker worm will hit Mac’s exclusively because of the attitude of users. Should Mac’s get anti-virus software, has been asked so many times in the past months that it makes me wonder. Who has made this happen in the first place? I’d have to point to Apple. I don’t agree with there MAC Tax when it comes to buying a computer and will never pay for a mac. So the next time I see people broadcasting they are glad they have a mac, I’ll just have to send them to this page!! No Operating system is 100% secure or safe, even Linux systems can have viruses.
