That’s thanks to built-in defenses in Mac OS X that keep you safe, without any work on your part. In 2012, after an exponential rise of OS X malware (such as MacDefender and Flashback), Apple decided to change its homepage by removing sentences like “ It doesn’t get PC viruses.”Ī Mac isn’t susceptible to the thousands of viruses plaguing Windows-based computers. Just as some people believe Macs are immune to viruses, some Linux users have the same misconception – and who can blame them? After all, vendors have been telling them that for years.
We are well into the 21st century, but it is astonishing how people can still believe that Linux-based operating systems are completely secure. Indeed, “Linux” and “security” are two words that you rarely see together.
