17/04/12
Having reassured its customers for decades that the Mac operating
system was safe from the viruses and malware that plague Windows users,
Apple suddenly had to take action against an intruder. The Flashback
trojan, which apparently infected as many as 600,000 computers, was a
wake-up call for the Mac community – and evidence that they are now
sizeable enough to attract the attentions of those who unleash malware
across the web.