After the recent spate of malware attacks on Mac computers, it
is pretty clear Mac computers arent exactly immune as was being
believed by Mac users. One Mac in every five is infected with
some kind of malware, reveals a new study from the Sophos team.
A 100,000 strong snapshot of the millions of Mac computers which
have recently downloaded Sophoss free Mac anti-virus software,
revealed that 20% of Mac computers were carrying one or more
instances of Windows malware. Sophoss analysis also shows that
2.7% (one in 36) of Macs which downloaded the free anti-virus
product were found to be infected by Mac OS X malware. There is
an increasing level of malware threat on Mac computers which
arent updated with the latest anti-virus software and whose
users are too lazy or smug to adopt safety and security
measures. This includes both Mac and Windows threats which may
not cause symptoms but can still be transferable to other
machines. More than 20% of the Mac computers are carrying one or
more instances of Windows malw