Please folks practice safe computing – keep your systems up to date, don’t install pirated software (including music and videos), clear your browser cache often, and don’t install ‘helpers’ or ‘codecs’ you cannot thoroughly verify.
Using the line, “I have a Mac I don’t get worms or virus’ etc.” is not only naively silly, it can also be costly.
Remember OS X is built on a Unix foundation and Unix has been around since 1969! So you can bet as the Mac user population increases the number of hacks ‘ported’ to OS X will start to grow exponentially. That coupled with the Apple’s misleading marketing campaign saying, “Mac’s don’t get virus’ etc.” often leads to poor computing habits that can, and I am sure will be exploited more and more.
So keep safe out here.
Some scary info:
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/sophoslabs/v/post/4811
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/sophoslabs/v/post/3710
Peace out
Thanks a ton for posting this, I found it quite informative, and it answered most with the concerns I had.