Mac OS X: Paradise Lost

I think it was only this week that I told a PC user that there still are no viri for Mac OS X. Now this is not true anymore. Even if the debate still seems to be be going on whether the malware in question actually is a virus or a trojan or a worm is not significant. The thing is that the days of care-free surfing on a Mac are over.

One could argue that the first malware is not exploiting any vulnerability in the operation system as often is the case in the Windows world, but it's only a matter of time before Mac users have to guard themselves against similar attacks as the PC users have used to do. The situation on a Mac may be inherently better due to various reasons, and anyway we are still light-years away form the PC world, but as is the case with the bird flu, we have to start preparing ourselves. How you do this, when there is hardly any anti-virus software around, is a good question. Anyway, I'll start looking...

More on the matter in English: Mac Rumors: Mac OS X Virus/Trojan Summary

And in Finnish: Digitoday: Apple: Leap ei ole virus vaan haitallinen ohjelma

[This entry was originally posted on 2006-02-18 but had to be reposted due to problems in the Blogger database]