The solution includes a real-time Anti-Virus engine that scans files when accessed, stopping malicious content from being executed, as well as an easy to use intuitive user interface.

Venu Palakirti, Regional Director at F-Secure in India said "There is increasing evidence of malware gangs that are interested in and prefer to target Macs. There's plenty of Zlob codec trojans that will infect a Mac if given the chance. Mac's popularity is such that we feel it's time once again for our own Mac solution."

In January, "cracked", yet fully working copies, of iWork 2009 were distributed on popular file sharing websites. Those seeking a "free" version of iWork 2009 also received a nasty surprise included with the installation package. Downloading and installing the pirated copy of the software installed a backdoor application called iWorkServ.A.