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Mac OS X Trojan Horse Infects MP3s

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the let-chaos-reign dept.

frequnkn writes "The Mac News Network reports that Intego has anounced an update to their anti-virus app for snagging the first Mac OS X Trojan horse, MP3Concept (MP3Virus.Gen), which exploits a weakness in Mac OS X where applications can appear to be other types of files."

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  1. I can hear it now by pholower · · Score: 1, Redundant

    All of the Linux and Windows people are going to say, "I told you so," about this little episode in security breaches. But, when microsoft has to release patches on a monthly basis. Linux, well, lets just talk about Windows right now... There are only 3% that use Mac, myself included, who cares if there is a trojan out for it. There are thousands out for Windows. 1 every few years is much much better than a few every day.

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    -- johntracy.com, because everybody else is wrong.
  2. Enter your password here... by parvenu74 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Surely nobody will enter an admin password requested by an ".mp3" file...

    Sure they will -- just like people click "Yes" to ActiveX installers in Internet Explorer on Windows. Actually, from a social engineering point of view, how many people using MacOS X know that it could be fishy if an app is asking for an admin password? And given MacOS X's stellar security record, why fret that the asking app should not be asking for root access? (Maybe I cannot possibly understand this because I am a Windows user and this is a Mac thing???)

  3. Re:Nothing to see here. Move along. by betterthanducttape · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We caught a malicious virus that wiped the hard drive on our iMac last year. Just so you know viruses for OS X have been in the wild for a while now.