It's quite interesting that despite the years and years of talk about Malware and Viruses being almost completely missing from the Mac Universe, ooh, here we go. There used to be a joke that if you want to lose money as a Mac Developer, get into the antivirus realm, and that's been true for some time. But, as we should have expected, as the Mac user base continues to grow, the real danger grows. These virus hackers aren't exactly lazy when it comes to releasing these beasts into the wild, so perhaps we need to be sharper as a Mac user in 2017. Hilariously, the most dangerous payload that seems to be out there right now for Mac users was born in the classic way - as a Word document macro:
Unsurprisingly, viruses for Macs don't just show up out of the blue - there really is very little need to reinvent the wheel. Instead, it's often more likely that these are just ported out to the Mac directly from original Windows code. Heck, if it breaks something, why fix it, I guess. It's something apparently that Mac users are going to be seeing quite a lot of in the years to come:
So, it is important to remember that keeping your data safe is paramount for every user. And while certainly there are always interesting ways to recover your data if a virus happens to all but destroy your data, waiting for this to happen isn't a good idea. Instead, consider a Mac Antivirus program (they do exist) and get it working right away. Mac Viruses Come Out Of The Woodwork is republished from https://maczealots.com/ via https://maczealots.com/mac-viruses-come-out-of-the-woodwork/
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