Mac Malware : A Brief history of malware for Apple’s Mac OS from 2004 to present Mac users are pretty sure Apple’s integrated systems will never encounter any malware, how true is that? Lets check a brief history of Mac malware. Microsoft Windows users were the ones who were mostly affected with the computer malware, trojans, viruses. Just a few decades back, Mac users, on the contrary, would always feel proud to be using the right equipment because they believed Apple’s integrated systems would never encounter any malware. However, security researchers would tell us a different story. Few decades back, Microsoft Window’s larger user base made it easy for hackers to target the user of this OS. However, now Apple’s market and in turn Mac users are also growing and at the same time Mac-oriented malware too is gaining popularity. This article is a recap of Apple’s complicated history with malware. 2004: Renepo: A shell script worm : This was designed specific
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