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New Mac Trojan Installs Silently, No Password Required
An anonymous reader writes "A new Mac OS X Trojan referred to as OSX/Crisis silently infects OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and OS X 10.7 Lion. The backdoor component calls home to the IP address 176.58.100.37 every five minutes, awaiting instructions. The threat was created in a way that is intended to make reverse engineering more difficult, an added extra that is more common with Windows malware than it is with Mac malware."
because PC refers to windows viruses
PC means personal computer and makes no reference whatsoever to the operating system running on it. Now we could argue that Mac machines are not, in fact, personal computers, but that is another point entirely. But you're wasting your time. Apple "Can Do No Wrong" in the eyes of its cultists. I ask myself, however, what exactly is it they are paying all that extra money for... Are their computers faster? No. Are their computers more secure? No. Are their computers able to do something that non Apple computers can? No. What they are, however, is shinier.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Bitter is the fruit of proud assumption proven false.
And, on that note, I've heard a lot of boasting on this site about how secure Linux is.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)