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The last commentator in this article has the proper view of the "problem"... the rest are shovelling FUD.
No one seems to comment on how these stories are primarily sourced by security software firms. I have used Macs for years and have not had a virus in over 8 years.
Security firms are pushing these stories. There are stories every year of the "first virus for Macs." Nothing gets installed on Macs without questions from the OS about whether the file should be opened.
These are not public service announcements, they are advertisements for virus detection software.
I've always wondered about the security risk of installing a program on the Mac. Each time I install a program, the installer asks for my password. How can I possibly know that the installer is not saving the password in a Trojan horse or transmitting it back to an evildoer somewhere on the Internet? I guess this is a prime reason to change one's password periodically.
