Mac computer viruses are intensifying and expanding to 250000 Malware as of Q1'2017

Many believe that Mac OS is able to protect against malware infection, more secure than Windows computers. In fact, in the last few years, Macs have been able to maintain a stable, well-functioning, invasive virus, but there seems to be a change in During the last period. The new report claims that the malware on Macs is booming, and is increasing the incidence of high infection rates on Mac OS Never before.

According to McAfee's Threat Report in June 2017, malware is on the rise. There were about 250,000 new viruses on the Mac in the first quarter of 2017. If you have a total of more than a quarter of viral infections, over 700,000.

The charts show that the number of Macs in recent years has increased. In the fourth quarter of 2015 malware is less than 100,000, but it has reached nearly 500,000 by the end of the fourth quarter of 2016.


One of the reasons that malware on Mac has increased is that this type of virus is popular and is spread out across computers. On Mac OS or Windows OS. Also, nowadays, unlike the former, the technology industry has advanced, and developers have come up with many other systems. Software Mac OS is also popular, so increasing malware is a must.