Then shut down the VM.
Unless your backup method is a full backup and keeping only the most recent backup, then of course your archives will likely also contain infected files. Differential backups should enable you to roll back to some point prior to being infected.
For Hackintoshes to become popular, presumably, there is some software on a Mac that isn't available elsewhere. What is driving the Hackintosh need? Personally (note the qualifier), I totally fail to see the need for a Hackintosh - I think all operating systems are fairly advanced and usable now, and it doesn't take long to be proficient in Linux or Windows (or FreeBSD or whatever). Why push a path that isn't supported by Apple? Just use Linux (or Windows) instead - whatever alternate platform your preferred tools work on.
Final Cut is exclusive to Mac OS. A lot of folks who work with audio and visual media will likely find Final Cut useful and perhaps necessary.
But beyond that, because is is much more "closed", has a much more uniform interface. Look at the hodge-podge of different widgets for a Linux desktop system. And on Windows, it's the same -- even the interfaces aren't uniform between different MS products, let alone between different vendors.
My own personal preference is that it has a nice UI and was built on top of *nix. As someone who used to be a die-hard Linux fan, OS X has become a preferred operating system for reasons above.
In an email, a spokesperson for PwC acknowledged the existence of the vulnerability and confirmed that it had been fixed.
The spokesperson also said in separate prepared statement: "The code referenced in this bulletin is not included in the current version of the software which is available to all of our clients."
It seems the article does a poor job of being impartial. Despite the above quotes, they continue with:
It's far from the first time that a security firm or its researchers have faced the wrath from a company that fights instead of fixes.
I am not sure what to make of this since there is still too much information being withheld from both PwC and the article and ESNC.
Chemist who falls in acid is absorbed in work.