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Technical Help & Discussion => General Tech Discussion, News & Q&A => Topic started by: Clive on May 09, 2006, 07:41

Title: McAfee warns over Apple virus risk
Post by: Clive on May 09, 2006, 07:41

McAfee, the anti-virus software firm. has identified Mac OS X as a growing target for malware attacks.

According to McAfee Avert Labs, Mac platform vulnerabilities increased by 228 per cent in the past three years alone, from 45 found in 2003 to 143 in 2005. McAfee doesn't say how many of these bugs were critical, preferring instead to let the numbers speak for themselves.



FULL STORY (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/09/mcafee_mac_security_risk/)

Title: McAfee warns over Apple virus risk
Post by: sam on May 09, 2006, 11:48

the numbers dont really speak for themselves, it is still significantly lower than windows, by significant I mean massively!