Well this one is going to be controversial.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7...?tag=mncol;txt
What is happening here is the patching of the vulnerability, the removal tool is erm not being used.
Too many users have this feeling they are somehow invulnerable to attack, thanks mostly due to advertising about how its "Virus Free", now I don't want to get in to an argument over trojan, worms or virus, but the point is that some estimates put the number of infected users at 2.7%, this estimate is from users downloading anti-virus, so not remotely representative of the target population, but is alarming none the less, as these are likely the clued up users.
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012...malware-study/
Which is higher than the rather pragmatic figures from ISR of windows 7 at 2.5%.
What is worrying about this, is take any random visit to a website or IP from a resdential ISP, odds are its going to be windows. So given how rare OSX users actually are, its a bit worrying.
I've always been impressed, shocked and surprised by how stupid users are, I mean really shocked, just when you think people can't get more dumb, they find a way. What is worrying me is that thanks to Apple marketing, these people think they are impervious. Also Apple support operating systems for too shorter time, a Computer Science Major yankie doodle friend of mine, doesn't see the problem with continuing to use her non-security updated MBP on the internet, even for important stuff, like banking.
Most PC users, or enterprises, have had their baptisim of fire, blaster and the like were menacing but harmless really, they reset your system until you fixed it, it taught people a lesson with little reprocussions. It forced them into better habbits.
Lets not forget that despite the flaw been patched many cycles before blaster struck, it spread like wildfire because people didn't patch, they didn't see the need.
People still complain about things like Chrome restarting, not to mention their entire PC for mandatory updates, but unless people start been realistic about threats, the situation will get worse.
TL;DR HAHA mactards.