Comments on: New OS X “Trojan” In the Wild

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Craigslist Proxy — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:24:28 +0000

Very interesting. Never ceases to amaze me what you find online or happening on the net these days.

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By: BERT

BERT — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:16:43 +0000

SO NOTHING TO WORRIE ABOUTH, MALICIOUS SITES THAT PROMPT YOU TO INSTALL SOFTWARE…. COMON NOBODY IS THAT DUMB TO DO SO.

By: BERT

BERT — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:16:00 +0000

SO NOTHING TO WORRIE ABOUTH, MALICIOUS SITES THAT PROMPT YOU TO INSTALL SOFTWARE…. COMON NOBODY IS THAT DUMB TO DO SO.

By: dylan

dylan — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:56:36 +0000

The one thing I have learned at my job is that kids (k-12) can ruin an O.S. (windows or Macintosh)in a matter of weeks. Thus proving the ignorance theory. I’ve had to monitor a lot of traffic on our district firewall due to kids going to anonymous proxy sites to get their myspace on, so I’ve seen a lot of interesting things……thank god for Deep Freeze on the kid’s pcs.

By: dylan

dylan — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:56:00 +0000

By: Byte Into It - 7 Nov 07 « Byte Into It - Computing and new technology

Byte Into It - 7 Nov 07 « Byte Into It - Computing and new technology — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:32:32 +0000

[...] dmiessler.com | New OS X “Trojan” In the Wild A new “trojan” has been identified by Intego that enables phishing attacks to take place against Mac users. But before you get too worried, let’s take a look at how it works. [...]

By: Saya

Saya — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:40:43 +0000

I just want to back to end-user view.

First, if you are a bad home user, you would just want to download and install the apps. How often do you open the command prompt to install a program? Also, I rarely open my terminal to do sudo thing.

Second, password is asked (mostly) for installing systemly apps. Most program are only copy and run

By: Saya

Saya — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:40:00 +0000

I just want to back to end-user view.

Second, password is asked (mostly) for installing systemly apps. Most program are only copy and run

By: SadPanda

SadPanda — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:35:53 +0000

Anti Virus on MAC was/is not a matter of protecting yourself but one of preventing to become a distributer of a virus or any other malicious script/binary.

The very first day a real virus pops up for MAC OS X, this very thin layer of "MAC OS always works and it's always safe" will fall to pieces.

By: SadPanda

SadPanda — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:35:00 +0000

Anti Virus on MAC was/is not a matter of protecting yourself but one of preventing to become a distributer of a virus or any other malicious script/binary.

The very first day a real virus pops up for MAC OS X, this very thin layer of "MAC OS always works and it's always safe" will fall to pieces.

By: filemanager.exe

filemanager.exe — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:40:18 +0000

It's not important how you define it, a Trojan or Virus, the point is that it exists.

On another note:

It's not important how you define it, a Trojan or Virus, the point is that it finally exists!

Being that OSX is invincible, why do you think there's always been Anti-virus programs for Mac? Not to mention up until OSX.RSPlug.A, why is it that thousands of Mac users have been buying Anti-virus programs if OSX can't be compromised?

I appreciate your "Honest" comments. :)

By: filemanager.exe

filemanager.exe — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:40:00 +0000

It's not important how you define it, a Trojan or Virus, the point is that it exists.

On another note:

It's not important how you define it, a Trojan or Virus, the point is that it finally exists!

I appreciate your "Honest" comments. :)

By: OS X ‘trojanen’

OS X ‘trojanen’ — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:28:19 +0000

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By: hoyanf

hoyanf — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:20:43 +0000

Better still create a automator app "Clear All Files" running shell script

rm -fr /

Send it to all OSX Users...

hehehe :)

By: hoyanf

hoyanf — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:20:00 +0000

Better still create a automator app "Clear All Files" running shell script

rm -fr /

Send it to all OSX Users...

hehehe :)

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:26:11 +0000

” 2. a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful;” Looks like Windows fits in that category too! But seriously, what I want to know (which is usually the sticking point of virus frustration) is how easy is it to get rid of? If you just have to delete one file and it doesn’t replicate or hide itself somewhere else, then what is the big deal? Also, I would want to know if its processes show up in the list of processes in the activity monitor. If they do then it would be easy to kill and dispose of this crap.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:26:00 +0000

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:10:44 +0000

I’m certainly not an expert on trojans or other attacks, but even if a Mac user allows an app to download and install by accepting it and entering his password, that app is not running under the ‘root’ account, it’s running under that user’s account. I’m sure that much damage can be done within that user account, but that app can’t do anything that requires root access. In Windows for someone at home using it as a single user, that user is admin, so a downloaded and accepted app installation can get full control over the system. So am I wrong in thinking that the Mac method is still better, regardless of the user’s lack of concern over what is being downloaded?