Protect Your Mac from Hackers and Viruses

Though most of the 55,000 known viruses today are specifically written to affect Wintel systems, Macintosh users are not invulnerable to this ever growing security risk. Despite the relative rarity of Mac-infecting viruses, users still need to be cautious about taking necessary precautions to protect their systems.
Some viruses are programmed specifically to damage the data on the computer by corrupting programs, deleting files, or even erasing the entire hard disk. However, many of the currently known Macintosh viruses are not designed to do any damage.
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