Symantec claims Mac OS X security threats are “almost completely lost in the shadows cast by the rocky security mountains of other platforms” Blog is written in response to “tired conspiracy theories” that emerge “whenever security and OS X are mentioned in the same breath” Company emphasizes the overuse of the term “virus” as a generic reference to any malicious code. It notes that a well publicized security threat to the Mac, the OSX.Leap.A, was a worm, and not a file-infecting virus.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2120181/symantec–mac-threats-blown-out-of-proportion.html

