Apple has quietly removed a statement from its website
that the Mac operating system isn’t susceptible to viruses. Apple
released a patch to a Java vulnerability that lead to the infection of
roughly 600,000 Macs with the Flashback Trojan
earlier this year, there were claims weeks later from security
researchers that hundreds of thousands of Macs were still infected.
Apple is one of the single software
companies that hasn't really faced the problem of viruses, for years
claiming their operating system is the most secure among all.
The specific language about the operating system, “It doesn’t get PC viruses” was replaced with “It’s built to be safe.” But now, Apple may be taking security threats more seriously.
Apple is introducing a new app security measure called Gatekeeper
in the upcoming release of Mountain Lion, the latest version of Mac OS
X. The majority of malware might still be floating around in the Windows
world, but it’s still important to remember that no OS is bulletproof
once people start shooting at it. You can never be too careful.
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