Macs are just not as susceptible, there is very little non-AppStore software around, the closed-nature of the hardware/software/operating system makes it much more difficult to hack, and the lack of all of the 'bloatware' that PCs use make it pretty hard "hide" a slowdown on a Mac - so the owner notices immediately.

State-sponsored hackers have the tools to get into anything, anyone that thinks that they are secure because they put on McAfee or whatever is either delusional or ignorant. However, Apple as a company has been very good (compared to the others) about not allowing any built-in backdoors (such as Comey spending millions to get into the San Bernardino terrorists' iphones. If those had been a a generic Android, no problem. (I also use a Blackberry for the same reason).

Most people are just careless.. never use the same passwords anywhere, someone hacking a website would otherwise have a pretty good idea how to get into your bank accounts, Amazon account, etc. Use a password vault and let it create something infinitely complex and 30 characters long, just copy & paste them and use a different one on every site.

Get a personal digital certificate for your email, never use a Yahoo or GMail account (ask Podesta how that turned out..) and pay for what you use if you are worried about security. If it's free, you really need to read the fine print, and you won't like it. Mention Alaska in your email and you auto-magically get pop-up ads and spam mail for Alaskan cruises. No accident. Use the digital certificate to encrypt your mail folders, archive, etc. $3.00 a month or so for Office365 or other reliable service won't kill anyone...

Any banks - use multi-factor, have them text you a one-time password or confirmation or whatever to login. The feature is built-in on the new Blackberries by the way.

People need to stop blaming others for their own laziness or being cheap.

One of the greatest exposure vectors is phishing email. They are usually easy to recognize and avoid. I back up all of my systems regularly and maintain frequent restore points. A really dangerous scam is via telephone. the scammer usually says something like "We have detected dangerous behavior on your computer and our technical staff can correct the problem, just give us your password and IP address.. It's funny because if you ask them some really technical questions hey hang up on you

It more a matter of the path of least resistance.

I run windows. Haven't been hacked or infected. But then I was in IT for 20+ years and I don't open all the ports.

This is another reason most of my computers run LINUX. I would never put anything sensitive on a Windows or IOS machine. I guess the hackers haven't figured LINUX out yet. Or they don't care.

I use macs and have for years. Its scary to realize that any of these computers can be hacked if connected to the internet. Its just a matter of what its worth to the hackers to do it.

We are heading to a society where the interconnected internet is just no longer viable. All this hacking stuff will just end the advantages of the internet. Maybe we should invest in carrier pigeons to deliver sensitive data.

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I use a Mac.

Kapersky is being heavily touted in the central Oregon area by a very good computer tech repair firm. My wife has been using it for several years withno ill effect. Of course, there are some rough looking men in black suits that use her computer frequently without her permission, but she says. . . (oops! Where did she go?)

Someone "discovered" that Trump supporters, regardless of political party, have invested in this company...so it must be destroyed.

This isn't the first time I've heard about "issues" with Kaspersky. Before retiring I was in the IT industry for over 40 years. Do you really want to find out that there is a problem the hard way? Go ahead and continue using it if you are comfortable with it, but I've NEVER had their software on ANY of my computers and never will. Willingly, that is.

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Never heard of this software...can't be all that popular.

Oh God. Another Russian conspiracy??

Must be a slow news day.

Kaspersky Labs has global visibility and that includes millions of independent IT security people in the USA. Kaspersky is as much a target as Microsoft and Apple. If there were any weaknesses or backdoors, it would have come out long before this. You may be right. Such compromises may yet be discovered, however, in the absence of actual facts, any such claims here and now are groundless.