Security software companies must be smiling ear to ear as they read the news briefs coming off the transom. Microsoft said today that an undetermined number of computers in its Mac software business unit got infected with malware. The company said the number of infected PCs was small but that there was no indication customer data had been compromised.
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We've reached out to Microsoft for more information and will update this post when we have more details.
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