There are now viruses and major vulnerabilities in the osx system...beware

the following are quoted from various news websites, mainly cnet....
"Just a day after experts warned of what is believed to be the first Trojan in the wild to target Apple Computer's Mac OS X, alerts are being published on a new worm that exploits an 8-month-old vulnerability in the operating system."
"update A serious flaw in Mac OS X could be a conduit for attackers to install malicious code on computers running the Apple Computer software, experts warned Tuesday.
The security problem is the third to surface for the operating system in the past week. It exposes Mac users to risks that are more familiar to Windows users: Visiting a malicious Web site using Apple's Safari Web browser could result in a rootkit, a backdoor or other malicious software being installed on the computer without the user noticing anything, experts said."
I just wanted to let you all know that the hackers and virus makers are now starting to turn toward Apple

"Can we see some links to the "information" source please?"
Yes. In particular please provide links to information that states unequivocally that these new threats are in the wild and infecting thousands of Mac systems and not just in the labs of security "experts." Please provide links as to approximately how many Macs have been infected so far? How fast is the infection spreading?
Until then you are simply spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt, commonly known as FUD.
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