Apple : Anti-Virus for Mac
Apple Mac owners to use antivirus software.
In a note on its support site in late November, Apple said he wanted to “promote” people to use anti-virus security for the network.
The move is widely seen as a response to a growing trend among cyber-criminals, booby-trapped Web pages, you can catch Mac users.
Before now Mac users have been largely free of security problems in Microsoft Windows.
New threats
Support note recommends that Mac owners to install one or more of three anti-virus products.
Consultations on the site reads: “Apple promotes the widespread use of several anti-virus tools for programmers have more than one request to avoid that whole process of writing the virus more difficult.”
Apple recommends that users try McAfee VirusScan, Symantec Norton Antivirus 11 or Intego VirusBarrier X5.
The vast majority of malicious software circulating online for Windows from Microsoft, largely because the software is used in so many people.
A handful of viruses are written that the rate of Mac OSX, but most of them have demo versions, and few have any significant impact on users of Apple.
The virus, known as AppleScript.THT could take control of Mac and serious screenshots or keystrokes.
Nevertheless, in recent months, high-tech criminals who noted the change in tactics by e-mail virus. On the contrary, many of them have infiltrated popular websites in an attempt to infect your computer, and for each visitor.
Many are trying to steal valuable information such as usernames, passwords or account in the game rather than rely on the machine.
source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/
