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Fake Codec is Mac OS X Trojan
Kenny A. writes "Multiple news organisations are reporting on an in-the-wild Mac OS X malware attack that uses porn lures to plant phishing Trojans on Mac machines. The attack site attempts to trick users into download a disk image (.dmg) file disguised as a codec that's required for viewing the video. If the Mac machine's browser is set to to open 'Safe' files after downloading, the .dmg gets mounted and the Installer is launched. The target must click through a series of screens to become infected but once the Trojan is installed, it has full control of the machine."
I've seen this story on several Apple/Mac related news sites yet, and the majority of the comments consisted of Apple apologists telling each other "nothing to worry about, because you still have to enter your admin password".
/. crowd will be any different.
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Looks like the Mac fanbois are abusing the moderating system again. And the terminology is semantics. Mac users have been exclaiming that there Macs are immune or resistant to malware for years now and saying that Macs are better than Windows because Macs don't get infected.
Wait, wait, I thought blaming the end user was a Linux thing? I thought OS X kept end users out of trouble? I guess it really doesn't live up to all the hype.
I feel a great disturbance in the Reality Distortion Field. As if millions of Mac Fanboys cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
Isn't security is the main feature in the PC vs Mac campagin. Look Mac is so cool. There are no security threat! Ha!
Why are people always being suckered in when p0rn is free?! It's almost as if people are responding to a rare commodity, but it's not. P0rn is FREE! Every time I see someone pay for p0rn on their credit card, I feel a little queezy. P0rn is free!! I knew a guy from childhood who I had heard was recently arrested. He had used his roommate's credit card for access to p0rn on the internet! p0rn is free!??!
I'm not going to argue for or against whether or not p0rn is bad or if there is an addictive property or anything like that. I just can't believe people are wasting money on it! It'd be like free drugs, but people still think they should pay money for it.
You p0rn addicts get what you deserve. P0rn is FREE! You don't have to be tricked into accessing it. And if you need a "special codec" then it's probably crappy p0rn anyway!
BTW, I have an e-card for you at: http://127.0.0.1/ecard.htm and you will need to download a "special player" to see it...
You mean, like all the people who couldn't be stupid enough to open unknown email attachments on their Windows boxes? Then later bought Macs because Macs "don't have those kinds of problems"?
BeauHD. Worst editor since kdawson.
...since it is targetted at Mac users.
First, came the news that Mac sales has risen by 2/3 from last year, so that one in 12 new PCs sold in the U.S. is now a Mac. Now the user base of the Mac platform has risen to the point where it's worth developing malware for it! If malware developers are taking notice, legitimate application developers can't be far behind. Rejoice, Mac fanatics: you're finally a mainstream platform!
Isn't the dimwit market what apple has always aimed for? Isn't that the rational behind dumbing down the interface so that everyone has to use the computer as if they had the knowledge of a 50-year-old who had never even used a typewriter before?
The Farewell Tour II
It's good to see there's some flame bait for the Mac fanboys on slashdot to chew on for a while. It's hillarious to see the responses: "They would have to download a .dmg file, mount it, install the app, and then give the admin password. Who does that?"
as if this is some HUGE hurdle to jump over to get infected. You might as well say in order to get infected on a Windows box, first you actually have to PLUG IN your ethernet cable, or even connect to a wireless network. Then you have to actually TURN THE MACHINE ON!
Is it so unreasonable to expect that with the Mac user base a) growing and b)consisting for the most part of people who don't want to have to worry about malware that most of these users wouldn't think twice about having to go through these steps?
I just hope they stop with the no-viruses-on-mac ads soon, as their bluff will soon be called.
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