New OS X Trojan Adware Injects Ads Into Chrome, Firefox, Safari

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 21, 2013 @06:05AM from the long-sloping-path-down dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new trojan specifically for Macs has been discovered that installs an adware plugin. The malware attempts to monetize its attack by injecting ads into Chrome, Firefox, and Safari (the most popular browsers on Apple's desktop platform) in the hopes that users will generate money for its creators by viewing (and maybe even clicking) them. The threat, detected as "Trojan.Yontoo.1" by Russian security firm Doctor Web, is part of a wider scheme of adware for OS X that has "been increasing in number since the beginning of 2013," according to the company."

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I'll worry when it can spread without an installer by Kenja · 2013-03-21 06:17 · Score: 5, Insightful

Basically, this requires you to download and execute an installer, then click through it (including entering the administrator password). At that point, you could have installed something far worse then adware.

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