Do Macs get viruses too?

According to this article they do…and yes we have always known they can. Apparently there is a new trojan horse out there right now called ‘mac defender’ and when you click on it, it installs tons of pornographic material onto your computer. Its one of the few Mac viruses out there right now. So why do macs have less viruses? Simple, they have such a small user base that it is not worth it for hackers to make viruses for them. Additionally most hackers like to disrupt companies, who all use PCs for the most part. So until the Mac user base gets larger its still safe to say you should have Zonealarm Anti-ransomware on the Mac. However remember that Mac is not more secure than windows.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/05/23/malware.security.debate.wired/index.html?hpt=Sbin

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