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Apple out to kill widespread Macintosh virus

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What's changing is that the popularity of iPhones and iPads has led to an increased popularity of Macs. And hackers go after the popular OS's. Macs were never inherently immune to viruses, they were just flying under the radar. Now they're not.

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It{ s a pity that Apple itself did not advise or tip the costumer base since they could send an automatoc messg as thery do w/upgrades! Apple is changing!

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That is absolutely correct. Mac users only comprise less than 9% of all personal computer users. Hackers go after popular OS's like Windows and Linux because of the sheer number of computers out there. The funny thing about Mac users is that they don't even realized that they are hacked.

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Please save us APPLE!!

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