Symantec: Mac OS X Becoming a Malware Target

tb3 writes "According to ZDNet 'Security vendor Symantec is warning that Apple's OS X operating system is increasingly becoming a target for hackers and malware authors.' They go on to warn that the only thing that's protected Apple users from exploits so far has been the small number of Macs on the net. Now that people are buying Apple products for 'style over function,' according to one analyst, Apple computer has become a target for new attacks. More coverage on Australian IT and Silicon.com. I guess sales of Norton Anti-Virus for Mac needed a boost." Symantec may well be right about this, but note that they also have the world's biggest vested interest in making Mac owners nervous enough to buy their anti-virus products.

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Re:Yes it is...

[tomjen]

Not to start a flame war but would you rather have KlamAV without the k? -> lamAV (lam is danish for lame)

I never said that the "i" didn't bother me either, but it's slightly less annoying(at least to me) because you get an idea of what the application does from its name.

So let me start reading my ibook