![]() ![]() “In the last 6 months, only one of my clients reported a possible malware. Their tales are basically all over the place – while independent Mac support specialists saw no spike in malware infections since the arrival of MAC Defender and its many variants, the Apple Store geniuses did reveal there has been a notable spike in malware infections among machines brought into the Apple stores – so much so in fact that Apple has found it necessary to instate a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’-policy. ![]() So, are we seeing a rise in infections?Īrs Technica decided to investigate, and contacted 14 Mac support specialists, including several Apple Store geniuses. While the Mac isn’t much more popular if you take the entire world into consideration (and hence, why Steve Jobs tends to use US figures only during his keynotes), here in the western world it has been doing pretty darn good. However, for years now, we’ve had article after article stating that once the Mac became really popular, malware infections would follow as a natural consequence. Since widespread infections have never occurred – until now, perhaps – the real-world security track record of the Mac is pretty much spotless. Security on the Mac is always a touchy subject. Another interesting tidbit: Apple mandates the use of Norton Antivirus on company Macs, according to one Apple Store genius. More interestingly though, Apple’s official policy states that Apple Store employees are not allowed to talk about infections to anyone – they’re not even allowed to inform Mac owners if they find the infection without the customer’s knowledge. An article over at Ars Technica quotes several anonymous Apple Store employees as saying that the infection rate of Macs brought into the Apple store has gone up considerably. ![]() However, we have an interesting turn of events this week. I have personally tried to pretty much let the whole MAC Defender trojan thing pass by, since we’re not a security website. ![]()
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