[for-q-clinton]

Please read the ENTIRE article and look at the chart. Macs ARE infected with OSX malware.

[Hodar]

I can't read the entire article .... firewall at work blocked it. But, I did find this interesting tidbit

Source.

The rate for Mac infections is far lower than those for Windows, and of the infections that are Mac related, over 75% relate to the Flashback trojan (unpatched machines).

No matter what OS you opt to use - EVERYONE (yes, every single user) should have some sort of anti-malware program installed. A Mac user is better protected by the OS than the Windows user - but nonetheless - everyone should be running some sort of program. It just makes sense.

[antiRepublicrat]

Macs ARE infected with OSX malware.

But not the 1 in 5 the misleading headline implies. IOW, the vast majority of malware on Macs is Windows malware. And this makes you feel good? For a long time, the main reason to run AV on a Mac was to be a good neighbor, filtering out Windows malware from reaching your Windows friends. This appears to still be the case.