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Oct 31 2007

Heads-up: malware for the Mac, disguised as a video codec

Posted by: geoff in Hmmm, Macintosh

Boing Boing has just posted a warning for all Mac users:

Malware for OS X is rare, but here’s a new trojan that Mac users should know about:

It’s on porn sites today (surprise, surprise) but it’s likely to pop up elsewhere – YouTube clones, blogspam, etcetera. Be careful.

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One Response to “Heads-up: malware for the Mac, disguised as a video codec”
  1. Mark J Musante says: November 1st, 2007 at 8:44 am

    The fact that it has to ask for your admin password to install itself should help reduce the spread a bit. I reckon the existence of this trojan is evidence of OS X’s growth, though.

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