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Mac Malware Evolves - No Install Password Required

Posted by samzenpus on from the under-the-wire dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The latest versions of the Mac Defender malware attacks no longer require users to enter their admin credentials (username and password) upon install. A threat called 'Mac Guard' installs itself into areas of the Mac OS X system that only require standard user privilege. On Windows the criminals did this to avoid UAC warnings, and have copied this trick to their Mac OS X releases."

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  1. Re:No surprises here by supremebob · · Score: 1, Troll

    The Apple store might pretend to be surprised by this, anyway, considering that they're still not allowed to tell customers that Mac malware exists.