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http://hothardware.com/News/600000-Macs ... ck-Trojan/

Now that they have a bigger market share, this kind of thing will be increasingly common...bye-bye to the myth of "my Apple doesn't suffer viruses" by all the technically clueless apple owners. :D

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Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:46 am
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Yeah, what's with that. I never understood how Apple computers would be immune from viruses / virii (latin grammar nazi in me yearns for correctness).

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Apple's based of Free-BSD which is a Unix variant... and there's plenty of Unix/Linux malware out there. They were just too small a target to be worth the time. Oh how things change. Of course, I've been saying this for years... glad the haughty mac users are getting their come-uppance. Sorry to the not-so-haughty mac users, but welcome to reality.

Being on Windows 7, I'm immune from viruses. Buy Viagra!

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I said this to my friend back when I was 16. Immune my arse.

Satis, that last sentence of yours is gold.

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