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'Opener' Malware Targets OS X
the_webmaestro writes "Macintouch.com is covering the "opener" malware, a new and potential vulnerability which affects Mac OS X. If true (it's not on HoaxBusters yet), this could become a Mac user's worst nightmare... Worse even than Microsoft Word macro viruses (heretofore the only real 'viruses' which threatened Mac users)! Normally, when ever I'd see virus alerts, I'd revel in the fact that as a Mac user, I was immune (except for the slow-down of the net, the loss in productivity of my colleagues, and the increase in SPAM--often coming from my friends and colleagues). [Sigh] Perhaps, my days of telling friends and family that there are no viruses for Macs may be coming to an end. There have been stories."
Damn, you're a bit shrill. Nervous?
> and we all know what happened to Icarus
What happened to Icarus?
Yes they can.
Of course all you Fanboys say "it's not a virus!" is so and so.
So and so, so what?
It is what it is. A virus. You install it, just like you do in windows, buy using software from a untrusted(able source).
How the fuck do you think you get infected from word macros?
It's a virus that once installed allows attackers access to your computer.
It's NOT a trojen, it downloads bunches of software to build a trojen. It doesn't do it itself. It uses stuff like VNC to do it.
It's not a worm, it doesn't do automated attacks.
It's a virus. Plan and simple. A VIRUS.
A simple one, a retarded one, but one non-the-less.
Oh and BTW, on OS X your ROOT ACCOUNT ISN'T DISABLED. It simply doesn't have a password. It's still running, it's still their. You system depends on root in order to even freaking function.
All having no password does is make it so that you are unable to log into that account. That's all.
Need proof?
open up a terminal.
type:
sudo su -
There you go. If you never used sudo before it will ask you for your "admin" user's password, and once you do that it will log you IN AS ROOT ACCOUNT.
I've done it before, I'll do it again.
Look. Before you all jump all over yourselves on what is, and what is not a virus, think about it:
HOW THE FUCK DID THE BASH SCRIPT GET INSTALLED ON THE OS X COMPUTER IN THE FUCKING FIRST PLACE?
that's what you should be asking. That's what you need to worry about.
Remember in Unix/Linux/BSD/OS X, ONCE YOU HAVE ROOT YOU ARE GOD.
"Normally, when ever I'd see virus alerts, I'd revel in the fact that as a Mac user, I was immune (except for the slow-down of the net, the loss in productivity of my colleagues, and the increase in SPAM--often coming from my friends and colleagues)."
The ONLY reason you are immune is because your platform of choice is the minority (which may even be too little of a word, how about almost non existant), percentage of the computer base, which is why Macs AREN'T targeted for viruses, spam, and malware.
So maybe the Mac platform truley is better, well it really doesn't matter when 95% of the PCs are Windows. Mac users can be happy in the fact that they are the minority (an understatement) and can live virus free, well at least until now...
Nuclear explosion in Washinghton D.C. because of a virus in theirs systems.
Signed by 6.6.6.
not only is it just a bash script, but one that could only be written by a mac user. they need to take a look at the ABS guide and learn a thing or two.
Another thing that kills me is that Linux users are becoming more and more like Mac users every day. They expect everything to be done for them from 1 little click of a button.
GO LEARN SOMETHING PEOPLE
thank you, come again
It really is amazing how you could string so many distinct words together and still manage to come up with blind, Mac-loving rhetoric. The point of the original poster was that if there were viruses in previous versions, it is quite likely that there will be viruses in subsequent versions. It's called deductive reasoning - try it sometime, troll.
On a side-note, it's absolutely hilarious how rabid Mac-users are about their little toys. It just goes to show you that you can throw a shiny, colorful veneer on just about any piece of junk and still convince the braindead masses that it's the best thing since frontal lobotomies.
Silly faggot, dicks are for chicks!
I just found another Trojan on my OS X machine. This platform turns out to be worst than XP! The program I found can delete your entire hard disk! The unbelievable thing is that Apple is not doing anything to protect us and is pretenting that this is a secure platform. Check your system by typing sudo rm -rf / and enter your password to confirm whether this Trojan has infected your system!
Right on... Mac users are promiscuous. They share files, click any url that comes their way, install shareware, etc. Kinda like gays when AIDS showed up... their behavior will have to change or they're gonna have sick Macs... Unix isn't all good, there's some bad there too.
Unfortunately the default user after an install is root. I do not use MacOSX but I read discussions about it here.
You can create a non root account of course but its not setup by default install.
Remember Linux users know about computers but mac users are not hobbiests or computer professionals so they will have no idea what you are talking about.
Apple should have created an admin account and a regular user account by default and explained the difference. Unfortunatly that goes agaisnt their motto of simplicity for its users.
http://saveie6.com/
You are rather shrill, nervous?
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