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New Mac OS Trojan Produces BitCoins

Posted by Unknown on Monday October 31, 2011 @04:31PM from the why-is-my-computer-on-fire dept.

angry tapir writes about an interesting use for malware. From the Techworld article: "A newly identified Mac OS X Trojan bundles a component that leverages the processing power of video cards to generate Bitcoins, a popular type of virtual currency. The new Trojan was dubbed DevilRobber by antivirus vendors and is being distributed together with several software applications via BitTorrent sites."

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"...the processing power of video cards..." by willoughby · 2011-10-31 16:37 · Score: 5, Funny

As an owner of a Mac Mini let me just say, "Thank God, I'm safe!".
Just works! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-31 16:37 · Score: 5, Funny

I use MACs because they just work!
--A virus writer.
A perfect storm of trolling by alostpacket · 2011-10-31 16:38 · Score: 4, Funny

A Mac Trojan and a Bitcoin story in one! Quick someone tie this into global warming!

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Re:Hahahahaha by mcmonkey · 2011-10-31 18:00 · Score: 3, Funny

They make GPUs