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."

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[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?