Reality distortion field: activated.
We're seeing a slow backing-away from the ideal:
- Mac doesn't get viruses.
- Mac doesn't get viruses if you use trusted software and mainstream web pages.
- Mac doesn't get viruses if you use Apple software and the Apple website.
- Mac doesn't get viruses if you don't use it.
- Mac gets viruses.
We'd all come off more honest if we just agreed that Mac gets viruses.
For the nit picky, the second-to-last in that list seems ridiculous, but it isn't. Non-user-initiated infections are possible if it's a bug in the network stack or system services and it requires no user interaction to cause the infection. This is why XP machines get infected within 15 minutes *even if you don't do anything* (and especially if you don't patch it like a rabid maniac jabbing the Windows Update button). You can claim this is impossible on a Mac if you like but I won't believe you.
What reality distortion field? I'm not sure what part of my comment would result in that, given that I was replying with a factual statement to a comment that seemed to think that Mackeeper was software written by Apple, or that somehow Apple devices were immune to bad code. Or is that just your go to attempt at an insult? Pretty weak either way.
You're arguing from a position that does not really exist - the whole "Macs don't get viruses" thing (let's ignore that this is a trojan and not a virus, but whatever) hasn't been the current talking point officially or otherwise for a very long time, and it was never actually Apple's official advertising (because it wasn't literally true - they talked a lot about how it was more secure than Windows but never said immune).
What Apple bashers like to keep stating is that that's what they believe Apple fans are all saying, when it really isn't. OS X is as secure as any Unix system - that is, pretty good, but not immune.
What we have here is a trojan, which is a problem common to all operating systems that run on computers. But of course, that doesn't fit the narrative you're trying to push.
No one is claiming that infections are "impossible" on a Mac - but you can claim that that's what Apple fans are claiming if you like.
For the record, there aren't any actual viruses for OS X in the wild. DISCLAIMER: THIS DOES NOT MEAN I THINK OS X IS IMMUNE /END DISCLAIMER, but there are plenty of trojans and other malware. The Microsoft Office trojan torrent being one of the most famous. I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. A torrent that claimed to be a pirate copy of Office that was a trojan. Got a lot of people that one.
So, from what I can see, you're the only one claiming that people are claiming that Macs don't get viruses. Perhaps this is the source of your confusion.