Safety in Mac has been called into question in recent weeks. The attacks of several Trojans, especially FlashBack and SabPad, have exposed the security measures of this type of equipment. Apple has worked hard so that its system offers great guarantees, but precisely that feeling of security is one of the weak points of its systems. Sophos wanted to check the real state of security on Macs and found surprising data.
The security company has carried out a study of the state of 100,000 computers Mac. The goal was to see if he had installed some kind of malware on these computers. According to Sophos, their researchers have found malware in 1 out of 5 Macs tested. The most surprising thing is that this 20% of computers were infected with malware for Windows.
Sophos has explained that this type of infection may seem not very dangerous, since it does not affect computers Mac for being designed for Windows. However, users of Mac, which in a high number do not have antivirus, do not eliminate these threats, which could cause viruses to be transmitted to other computers in the future where they could do damage. According to the researchers, specimens of malware With an age of 2007, which represents the lack of rigor and protection of the equipment.
The fact that 20% of the teams analyzed had malware It is a worrying data, but the security company has ensured that it is even more so the fact that 2.7% of the Mac had a virus that does affect Apple systems. In this way, despite the popular belief that Mac does not register viruses, Sophos has verified that there are infected computers. Once again, these computers did not have antivirus, which facilitates infection through the Internet or USB keys.
According to Sophos, users of Mac they should be aware of the need for antivirus. The latest cases of Trojans are added to the data from this study to confirm that precautions must be taken regardless of the system used.
