Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

One In Five Macs Holds Malware — For Windows

Posted by timothy on from the time-to-update-parental-advice dept.

judgecorp writes "One in five Apple Macs is infected with malware, according to Sophos. But most of that is harmless to the Mac... it is Windows malware ready to be transmitted to the Windows population. Only one in 36 Macs has OS X specific infections."

1 of 285 comments (clear)

  1. Antivirus Software on a Mac by StoneyMahoney · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's always been a good idea to have a virus scanner on a Mac - at the very least, it's a courtesy to users of other platforms who may be more vulnerable to any infectious crap you may pick up without realizing.