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Who               ever               said               that               Mac               computers               are               untouchable?

Well,               for               years,               no-decades               even,               they               have               been               untouchable.

No               one,               not               even               the               savviest               of               Black               Hat               hackers               would               target               a               Mac               computer               with               one               of               their               virus               creations.

Until               the               first               ever               real               virus               targeted               at               a               Mac               appeared               in               2006,               that               is.

Well,               that               is               not               really               the               truth,               just               the               truth               Apple               wants               the               public               to               know.

Since               then,               it               has               been               pretty               much               open               season               on               Apple's               fabled,               "un-infectable"               Mac               OS               X               computers.

Where               it               All               Began:               The               `80's               and               `90's
               The               Mac               virus               timeline               starts               in               1982               when               a               15               year               old               managed               to               write               the               Elk               Cloner               virus,               which               affected               Apple               II               computers               in               their               boot               sectors.

From               there,               a               Mac               virus,               called               nVIR,               was               spread               by               inserting               infected               floppy               disks.

Later,               many               variants               came               around               because               the               source               code               to               the               virus               was               made               public.

Then               the               HyperCard               virus               started               infecting               the               Apple               Mac               OS               9,               from               which               one               version               of               the               virus               was               programmed               to               promote               Dukakis               for               President               and               then               self-destruct               immediately               after               deployment.
               In               1990,               the               Garfield               virus,               also               known               as               the               MDEF               virus,               ravaged               MAC               application               and               system               files.

1995               brought               about               the               first               ever               accidental               (on               purpose?)               Word               macro               virus,               called               Concept,               which               was               shipped               by               Microsoft               on               CD               ROMs.

This               one               infected               both               PCs               and               Macs               after               which               almost               all               of               the               variants               of               this               virus               were               targeted               at               Mac's               Microsoft               Office               programs.

Then               came               Laroux               in               1996               which               did               not               affect               Macs               until               Excel               98               was               released               and               after,               the               666               virus,               better               known               as               Sevendust,               was               released               in               1998               to               affect               Mac               apps.
               The               New               Mac               Malware:               The               2000's
               Then               came               2004,               when               viruses               for               Macs               became               more               involved.

Not               only               were               they               quantified,               but               they               were               better               written               as               well.

2004               brought               both               the               Renepo               scripting               worm               and               the               Amphimix.

These               attempted               to               disable               the               Mac               OS               X               security               which               then               downloaded               hacking               tools               to               give               the               hackers               Admin               privileges               and               a               "proof-of-concept"               virus               which               showed               how               MP3               music               files               could               be               used               to               deploy               malicious               executable               (.exe)               code               on               Apple               Mac               computers,               respectively.

2006               brought               the               Leap-A,               which               also               has               the               name               of               OSX/Oompa-A.

It               was               reported               in               February               of               2006               as               the               "First               ever               virus               targeted               at               Mac."               This               particular               virus               was               also               spread               using               the               Mac               internet               messaging               (IM)               service               called               iChat.

However,               this               was               not               really               the               first               ever               Mac               virus,               but               it               was               the               most               ever               reported.

This               gave               birth               to               the               "proof-of-concept"               worm               and               virus               called               Inqtana.
               In               2007,               Sophos,               a               major               player               in               anti-virus               software,               discovered               a               macro               worm               which               could               infect               Windows,               Linux,               and               Mac               machines               by               way               of               Open               Office,               a               free               Word               like               program.

Then,               in               the               same               year,               BadBunny               delivered               pornographic               photos               to               Mac               OS               X               machines               by               way               of               a               Ruby               scripting               language.

Also               in               the               same               year,               Sophos               found               and               reported               Mac               targeted               financial               malware,               which               was               actually               written               for               both               Mac               and               PC               computers.
               2008               brought               the               first               Mac               "scareware"               called               MacSweeper,               which               is               a               type               of               malware               deployed               by               worms               and               Trojans               to               get               the               user               to               buy               artificial,               or               rogue,               anti-virus               programs.

Then               came               the               OSX/Hovdy-A               Trojan               horse,               which               stole               passwords               from               users               of               Mac               OS               X               to               allow               rights               to               hackers.

After               that,               in               the               same               year,               Troj/RKOSX-A,               a               hacker               tool,               was               reported.

Also               in               the               same               year,               Jahlav               Trojan               was               discovered               and               Apple               begged               users               to               use               antivirus               software               made               for               Macs.
               2009:               The               Busiest               Year               Ever               for               Mac               Malware
               2009               was               an               even               busier               year               for               those               hoping               to               destroy               Mac's               reputation               of               being               completely               "virus               free."               The               OSX/iWorkS-A               was               distributed               in               January               by               using               peer-to-peer               software               and               a               pirated               (stolen               and               cracked)               version               of               Apple's               iWork               `09               word               processing               software.

A               new               version               of               the               same               virus               made               it               to               Photoshop               CS4               in               the               same               month.

March               brought               versions               of               the               RSPlug               Trojan,               disguised               as               the               MacCinema               HDTV               program.June               brought               a               report               and               discovery               of               the               email               worm               for               Mac               OS               X               called               Tored               through               pornographic               videos.

This               is               also               known               as               the               DNS               Changer               Trojan,               which               ravaged               Macs               everywhere.
               Virus               and               Malware               Free?

I               Don't               Think               So!
               Are               Macs               really               virus               free?

In               a               word...

No.

While,               yes,               it               is               definitely               much               more               difficult               to               infect               a               Mac               computer,               they               are               certainly               not               virus               free.

If               Mac               was               so               virus               free               as               they               claim               it               to               be,               why               would               Apple               beg               their               users               to               use               the               now               built               in               antivirus               software?

Moreover,               why               would               BitDefender               release               a               version               of               anti-virus               software               just               for               Mac               computers?

It               is               more               likely               that               the               virus               attacks               are               not               only               becoming               more               wide               spread               but               more               dangerous               to               Mac               users               as               well.

Makes               you               wonder               why               Apple               would               make               their               own               antivirus               software,               maybe               one               of               their               people               had               a               hand               in               making               the               viruse?

Maybe               they               are               jealous               of               Windows               and               all               the               business               Microsoft               gets               from               their               Defender               software?

Anti-virus               and               anti-malware               is               a               huge               market,               maybe               Apple               is               tired               of               being               left               out...
               Sophos:               First               Ever               Virus               for               Mac               Discovered               
               Sophos:               OSX/Leap-A               
               MacUser:               BitDefender               releases               Anti-virus               for               Mac,               Boot               Camp               Users               
               ZDNet:               Mac               Attacks               :               Porn               Video               Lures               Dropping               DNS               Changer






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