If you own a MAC and enjoy it, make sure you do not download Apple’s iWork 09 from any bit torrent client. The torrent has been infected with the first ever MAC OS X botnet. It was detected by Symantec and a copy of the bot was also reported in the Photoshop CS4 torrent.
The author of the malware introduced the bot in the downloaded copy of the software. But as you Mac guys have always said, you don’t have to worry about such things. So you’ll probably be fine. This kind of stuff just plagues PCs.
The MAC OS X bot has been known to cause some major Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Be careful.
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Come on! this “news” is months old.
bs. buddies downloaded all and they have nothing wrong
Too bad its still bulls**t, the torrent is not to be found still. Complete and udder bulls**t.
This is old news, looks like Symantec is just selling their overpriced bloatware. This is just hype to scare the uninformed.
“from any bit torrent client.”
bittorrent is one word.
You use a client to connect to things.
It’s a simple trojan, put in a folder 2 layers deep, that can be dragged to the trash and not a spot of trouble would remain. It’s not like a Windows virus that needs the deep scrubbers or a clean re-install to remove.
“It’s not like a Windows virus that needs the deep scrubbers or a clean re-install to remove.”
Or if you weren’t a dumbass you could just use hijack this or find the folder and delete it?
Aww! Duh poor widdle mac users upset?
This news is as old as System 9!!!