Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Sophos: 1 in 5 Mac computers harbors malware

Sophos: 1 in 5 Mac computers harbors malware

What's scarier: 1 out of 5 Mac computers in a group of 100,000 found to be infected with malware, or that Sophos can take a snapshot of all 100,000 without each user's knowledge. Even if the security firm is trying to access the overall health of Apple's platform, installed software secretly taking snapshots of the computer's current condition sounds a little creepy nonetheless. According to the latest report from Sophos, 100,000 Mac computers using the company's free anti-virus software were analyzed over a span of seven days.

2DayBlog.com, Sophos: 1 in 5 Mac computers harbors malware

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