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		hobolobo on May 25, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple acknowledges Mac Defender malware, promises ... An interesting question is whether this is merely a blip or part of a trend. Apple's user base must be an enormously tempting target for malware creators.

innes on May 25, 2011 [–]

To answer this question, we'd need to know whether various things will change in the future:

Will criminals stop wanting to scam people?

Will non-technical users somehow get more savvy?

Will the Apple userbase get smaller and thus less lucrative?

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