Apple’s safe days are over

From BBCnews

Apple pushes anti-virus for Macs
Apple has urged Mac owners to use anti-virus software.

In a note posted on its support site in late November, Apple said it wanted to “encourage” people to use anti-virus to stay safe online.

The move is widely seen as a response to the growing trend among cyber criminals of booby-trapping webpages that can catch out Mac users.

Before now Mac users have been largely free of the security problems that plague Microsoft’s Windows.

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