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Apple Quietly Goes After Mac Trojan With Update
Th'Inquisitor was one of several readers to point out coverage of Apple's stealth security fix, included along with the recent Snow Leopard 10.6.4 update. Graham Cluley of Sophos first noticed the update to protect Mac computers from a Trojan, and the fact that Apple didn't mention it in the release notes. The malware opens a back door to a Mac that can allow attackers to gain control of the machine and snoop about on it or turn it into a zombie. "You have to wonder," writes Cluley, "whether their keeping quiet about an anti-malware security update like this was for marketing reasons." While he certainly has a point that Apple benefits by its users' belief that the platform is secure, you also have to wonder whether any such publicity from a security company has a marketing subtext, as well.
I know.. this is Bill Gates and Linus Trovalds secret plot to make Apple look bad. Theres no such thing as mac malware, Steve Jobs would never allow it. He has out best interests at heart.. right.. RIGHT?!?!
Anyways even if there was mac malware, They would be forthcoming, and quit claiming to be malware free... I mean they would never lie or mislead us right.. RIGHT!?!?
Disclaimer to the mac fanbois, if you cant take a joke, don't bother replying.
You are entitled to your own opinions, not your own facts.
Sometimes a trojan prevents a virus.
Let's face it, most of us are scoffers. But moments before zero hour, it does not pay to take chances.
many people go their whole lives without visiting tech sites
They don't? What an unintresting life they must lead with their travels and friends and social life. Repulsive.
We PCs like to hear about updates about malware, trjoans or some new exploit in the system was found, and when a fix is available, because then we are then warned about the dangers of it, and ways to avoid it until we get the fix.
With Macs, it seems they aren't getting a warning at all, and thus, could get into trouble before a fix arrives.
It's good to be a PC.
>And before you go back to licking Steve Ballmer's asshole
Apple zealot detected.
Ahem...
Humans are terrible replicators of Godly things.
> I think you don't know what a trojan is....
I think you do not know who you are talking to ;-)
More seriously, I agree with what you say although. The best way that I know of to protect against trojans is to verify digital signature as I posted here:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1691914&cid=32627744
Then again, the line is slim between installing a trojan because you think it is iPhoto and installing a program because you are misguided into clicking onto something while browsing the web.
In modern times, the distinction between trojan, virus and spywarre and what not is harder to make. The iPhoto trojan is basically a rootkit. It doesn't matter if you get that rootkit installed by making the user believing he is installing iPhoto or by exploiting something else in the OS, you still end up with a rootkit installed on a remote machine.
As a matter of fact, the hackers will probably find another way to install their rootkit if they haven't already found one. Security is a global topic, punctually plugins holes isn't the way to go although it is required sometimes. Punctually plugging holes is part of a good security policy but it is no policy in itself.
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
While we are nitpicking, the Trojans are the good guys. You have to be on the lookout for the sneaky Greeks.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts! And in all seriousness, using the proper term might cause a few more users to think twice about clicking "Ok" and instead thinking about ancient stories and their modern parallels.
Trojans aren't viruses.
Please list off all the viruses that will run on Snow Leopard.
Well, via Parallels or VirtualBox, one can run the following viruses on Snow Leapard: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2000... and I am sure others. ;-)
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Yes, it's like coppery.
Sir, you're never going to get modded up here if you continue to insist on posting clear, intelligent and rational comments that actually discuss the issues involved, backed up by your personal knowledge and experience.
I also lack time to discuss every time I cannot come up with good arguments for my position :)
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -- Prof. Dumbledore
But does he weigh as much as a duck?!?!
Wearing condoms won't protect you against water-related diseases.
That depends on where you wear the condom.
Anything can be found funny, from a certain point of view.
You might even say backronym
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