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http://www.favoriterss.com/2009/11/02/the-first-mac-trojan-has-been-detected-and-makes-harm-on-macs/


my mac is scared

 

[dejo]

This article is full of inconsistencies. Such as:

The first Mac Trojan has been detected and makes harm on Macs.

and later:

The first Trojans on the OS-X were detected in 2007

There's also:

This is maybe the final proof that the Mac OS is no longer a virus free platform.

and later:

A Trojan is not the same as a virus

 

[thejadedmonkey]

That is not inconsistent. The first Trojan was discovered on the macrumors forums in 2007 I believe, but it was not designed to cause any issues if you got infected - it was merely a proof of concept.

This is maybe the final proof that the Mac OS is no longer a virus free platform.

maybe. inconclusive.

A Trojan is not the same as a virus

Truth.

According to internet security company Intego as many as 20.000 computers were infected by this.

Reports out there now indicate that a botnet consisting of Mac computers infected by these Trojans has been activated and begun to attack other systems outside the botnet.

It looks like you only have to worry if you installed CS4 or iWork from a torrent, and were already infected.

 

[dejo]

That is not inconsistent. The first Trojan was discovered on the macrumors forums in 2007 I believe, but it was not designed to cause any issues if you got infected - it was merely a proof of concept.

So, does a trojan require causing issues to be considered a trojan? If not, the first trojan was from 2007 and this new trojan is not the first. Or, if so, the trojan from 2007 was not the first and this new one is. Seems inconsistent to me.

 

[Andy348]

I got a trojan once from a video converter through torrents. Just used Clam Xav to get rid of it and that was that!