Over 600,000 Macs Infected With Flashback Malware

[trumpeter1994]

Ahhh defends what i've always said about how nobody hacks macs because nobody uses them..... but of course more people have started using them and now look what happens..... anybody who thinks they don't get hacked is just stupid

 

[Guest]

MACs have always had virus's
sure not as much, but there isnt nearly as much actual MACs by a long shot

a tech prof once showed us some charts where it had total estimated # of PCs and MACs
and number of virus's found by "i think it was norton at the time"

and the number of infected MACs was actually higher then PC.

remember

100,000 infected PC
100,000 infected MAC
if theres only 1million macs, and 5million PCs
the MAC landscape for virus's is far worse

this is something mac fanboys have denied for years.

 

[upgrade_1977]

ROFL!!

 

[iam2thecrowe]

[citation][nom]AppMe[/nom]looks like mac os is not so secure after all[/citation]
it never was secure, people are just ignorant and believe delusional salespeople saying that anything Apple is magical and isn't susceptable to any problems.

 

[rantoc]

[citation][nom]iam2thecrowe[/nom]it never was secure, people are just ignorant and believe delusional salespeople saying that anything Apple is magical and isn't susceptable to any problems.[/citation]

Strange that the "magic" mac's always gets hacked first at black hat events and the like, premade attacks? What does it matter, the results are still the same... hack through a bunch of macs faster than the competition EVEN when the competition has over 9 times more computers and thus is targeted way way more. The only magic is the ignorance that can be a bliss... until the rude awakening that is reality hits!

 

[Guest]

i think this is so funny because for years and years i had to put up with the infamous macs dont get viruses line and it gets real old real fast. this is bitter sweet as a pc user because on one hand apple is suffering on the other hand it means that more people must be using macs because someones taking their time to right malicious code for them....Long story long get a damn anti virus and no matter how hot they are those close signals are NOT in your area....

 

[chechak]

Flashback...i smell Microsoft ??

 

[v3rlon]

Over 600,000. Isn't that over 590,000 more Macs than the posters on THG forums believe to be in operation?

And the Apple homepage is true. Macs are immune to the thousands of virii that aflict PCs. PCs are also immune to any virii that affect Macs. They don't speak the same language. When all is said and done, though, there are a LOT less malware issues on the Mac platform. Regardless of why this is true, it IS true.

 

[Guest]

I do not believe this. Apple devices cannot get a virus because they are a virus. Everyone who senselessly purchases these overpriced, under-powered machines instantly become zombies. Some will disown friends for not owning a mac, forget vocabulary pertaining to other platforms, become homicidal when mac is criticized and blame microsoft for networking issues. Eventually they will loose touch with reality and only see and hear others infected with the MacApple virus. Some believe it is a cult and the OS is brainwash! Please help find a cure!! My brother suffers from this horrible curse... Its terrible!!!!