It’s no longer safe to assume that you can’t get a virus on a Mac especially given the rise in ransomware over the past few years. Now that Apple commands an increasingly large market share of device ownership, more and more hackers are creating Apple computer viruses. It’s not that Macs were immune, it’s that they weren’t being targeted for malware attacks. In previous years, the overwhelming majority of computer users owned PCs, and so it made more financial sense for hackers to target Windows. The idea that Macs are virus-proof is derived from historical device ownership trends. That’d be quite something, wouldn’t it? Sadly, and contrary to popular belief, Macs are very much not immune to malware infections. A virus is a type of malware, but not all malware are viruses (there are many other types, as well).

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