{"id":30103,"date":"2012-04-10T15:46:56","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T15:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=30103"},"modified":"2012-04-10T15:46:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T15:46:56","slug":"bits-from-bill-pytlovany-macs-hit-by-malware-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/bits-from-bill-pytlovany-macs-hit-by-malware-epidemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits from Bill Pytlovany: Macs hit by Malware Epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple_bug.jpg\" alt=\"apple hit by malware epidemic\" title=\"apple hit by malware epidemic\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30106\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Bill Pytlovany<\/p>\n<h3>Time to Protect Your Macintosh Computer<\/h3>\n<p>Over the years I\u2019ve attended a number of conferences and panels on what originally was called Spyware and Adware. I think we\u2019ve finally settled on using the term Malware for any kind of spyware, virus, Trojan horse or any kind of unwanted computer invasion. I fondly remember my first conference in Washington DC which included panel discussions like \u201cWhat is Spyware\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I will also never forget, Jeff Fox, who at the time introduced himself as an editor from Consumer Reports magazine. Jeff insisted the Macintosh was \u201cless hospitable\u201d to spyware.  It had nothing to do with the Mac\u2019s 1.5% market share, Jeff implied, Apple created their OS with less vulnerabilities. Ed Skoudis from SANS Institute, countered noting that, \u201cOS10 has had a number of significant security flaws\u201d and that they\u2019re not as widely publicized because they don\u2019t impact as many people.<\/p>\n<p>Since that time Apple has widely increased their visibility. Some estimates put the Macintosh market share above 14%. While many malware authors are targeting the iPhone and iPad, it appears someone has created a Trojan Horse that has spread to over 600,000 Macs including hundreds of machines that report their address coming from Apple headquarters in Cupertino.<\/p>\n<p>If you own a Macintosh computer there\u2019s a chance you\u2019ve been infected even if you run some kind of Anti-Virus software. If you\u2019ve been on a website that offered to update your Flash player, there\u2019s even a better chance you\u2019re one of the 600,000+. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/billpstudios.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/time-to-protect-your-macintosh-computer.html\" target=\"_blank\">Article continued here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This post is excerpted with Bill&#8217;s permission from his blog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/apple_bug.jpg\" alt=\"apple hit by malware epidemic\" title=\"apple hit by malware epidemic\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30106\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the years I\u2019ve attended a number of conferences and panels on what originally was called Spyware and Adware. I think we\u2019ve finally settled on using the term Malware for any kind of spyware, virus, Trojan horse or any kind of unwanted computer invasion. 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