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blocking kon-boot

mentaluproar

mentaluproar

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May 25, 2010
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I used Kon-boot recently on a windows 8 laptop and was disturbed by how well it worked. Then I found out there was a mac version.

How could i prevent this rootkit from working on my macbook? Lock the firmware? Encrypt the drive?

If they can get admin access, software like undercover are worthless.
 
mentaluproar said:
I used Kon-boot recently on a windows 8 laptop and was disturbed by how well it worked. Then I found out there was a mac version.

How could i prevent this rootkit from working on my macbook? Lock the firmware? Encrypt the drive?

If they can get admin access, software like undercover are worthless.
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Kon-Boot said:
System Requirements: Apple Mac hardware with Intel 64-bit compatible processor, 64-bit kernel (now Apple standard), USB thumb drive and free USB slot or recordable CD disk and CD/DVD drive, no activated FileVault or other disk encryption
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So, turn on FileVault, and enable a firmware password.
 
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