Mac users have been free of virus’ for about 31 years now, but 93% expect that Macs will have more malware and virus attacks. Sophos, a computer security company, conducted a survey with about 350 computer users and they believed that Apple’s Macintosh computers will be targeted more frequently in the future.
Last November, this computer security company reported a virus/malware that they claim to be “the first financially motivated malware for Macintoshes.” This Trojan program acts a a codec to enable users to view videos, but actually changes your DNS serves to direct users to sites that they haven’t navigated to. On the Windows platform, this technique is generally used to send users to malicious sites.
The company that conducted this survey is a computer security company, so there is no doubt that they are happy to know they have business in the future. I was skeptical reading this report, coming from this company, but the question seemed rather valid.
“The first financially motivated malware for Macintoshes has been discovered. Do you think in the future Macs will be targeted more often?” ~ Sophos
Can Apple keep up and kill away all the up and coming virus’?
Apple's security through obscurity is over.
This isn't a really a virus, the user has to agree to download a file and type in an administrator password in order for it to be installed on their computer. If I walk up to someone, ask them for their drivers license and the keys to their car and they agree; then no police department can protect them.
Only stupid people will have a problem, although that does account for about 98% of the user base among personal computer users. However, the proliferation of virus and malware that afflicts Windows will never occur on the Mac OS, Linux or Unix installations.