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."

Comments

Hmm

[damicatz]

I thought Macs didn't get viruses or worms and that they "just worked".

no biggy

[pak9rabid]

Since Mac users are too smug for porn I guess this won't be that bad

Re:It begins?

[Americano]

Hell, for all we know OSX is just as insecure if not MORE insecure than Windows...people just haven't been making the effort to discover flaws because it wasn't worth the time. With the number of Macs in households growing every day (especially in light of Vista), it is becoming more and more worth the time of malware developers to target Mac systems...

I like your FUD... where can I get some?

Seriously, dude. I'm not going to claim that Macs are somehow magically "totally secure"... but given that Unix operating systems have been around for many years, and they are still nowhere near as rife with exploits, malware and other crap as the Windows ecosystem... don't you think you're overstating the case a bit?

And if you think you're not, then what's your response to all the Linux users who claim that their Unix underpinnings make them much more secure than Windows?

SafePornSurfer

[Anonymous Coward]

My friend accidently installed this on his mac. I'm glad to hear it is not going to send itself to everyone on my mailing list!

Here is some advise for those of you who got infected like me:

I found a great mac-friendly site at www.safepornsurfer.com, which has a fix for this trojan.
All you have to do is install their SafePornSurfer Application, which will run in the background and fix this and all
other problems you might install by accident when your friend is surfing porn sites.

All you have to do is double-click on the downloaded DMG, click on the installer, supply your username and password
(this is to help the program block all those nasty malware trojans), then keep clicking on OK.
Easy, just as a Mac should be.

Aren't these guys great for helping out their fellow mac users by writing such a great program?
I quickly emailed everyone on my contact list (everyone that isn't a stupid windows user that is)
the link and highly recommended that they install it.

I was scared for a minute, but I'm relieved this phase of bad Mac security is now over.
I'm glad to know that I'm again perfectly safe doing whatever I want on my new Mac!

Re:It begins

[Grail]

As opposed to Windows users who have experienced so much malware that reinstalling Windows from scratch is just another monthly chore?

It's like a country that has been at war for so long that people don't think twice about buying another dozen boxes of ammunition with their milk and bread.