Malware targeting OpenOffice documents is spreading through multiple operating systems including Mac OS, Windows and Linux, according to Symantec.
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Ignorance is bliss, as the saying goes, but users of Apple's OS X platform could pay a hefty price if they continue to live in denial, industry observers have warned.
Apple Macintosh users could be making themselves less secure by installing Symantec's flagship anti-virus application.
Software vendor CA recently took me for a tour around their AV research centre in Melbourne, where I got to visit their "live virus" room, which was the only place in the building I saw a Mac.
OS X security scares, a Linux worm and Microsoft bragging about security: so why is the world a safer place?
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Alarmist advice and unbacked claims by security software vendor Symantec has the Macintosh community up in arms.
These worms will crash vulnerable Windows 2000 and Windows XP machines.
The latest e-mail worm disguises itself as a ZIP file of steamy photos from the beach. MiMail.c (w32.mimail.c@mm) is the third variant of the MiMail virus family, and so far the fastest spreading.
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Security vendor Symantec has once again pointed the knife at Apple Macintosh users.
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