A recent breaking new on Mac operating system are infected by Trojan in a few days ago. As we know that compare to Windows operating system, Mac is way safer and easier to use. It is nearly virus-free, because as majority of the public are still using Windows, malware makers are trying infecting as many computers as possible. Therefore, most of the virus are designed for Windows. Since more and more people start to buy Mac computers, the Mac OS slowly become the target for the malware makers. There are more than 550000 Macs are comprised by Flashback Trojan.(Elmer-Dewitt, 2012) And the majority Mac computers are infected in US, because US has a large amount of Mac computer users. This event demonstrates Mac OS is not as safe as we think, there is no such a virus-free OS exit in the world. The only solution for protecting our computers is update and install new patches for closing the security holes. In my option, no matter which OS is better than another, it will get attacked when more people use it. It is better to detect the problem and security holes earlier during testing to reduce the risk of being attacked, and inform the public immediately and fix the problem right the way . In present day, since computer technology are closed related to everything in the society,we should be aware of the unknown website, because that is one of the main reasons our computer get attacked.
Reference:
Article: Apple Close a TroJan Loophole After 550,000 Macs are infected
Author: Philip Elmer-Dewitt CNN April 5,2012
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/04/05/apple-closes-a-trojan-loophole-after-550000-macs-are-infected/
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http://blog.trendmicro.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mac-trojan.jpg
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