Comments on: Mac OS X Trojan Seen in the Wild

By: Damien

Damien — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:07:53 +0000

Kevin and Zorak: Did I somehow imply that Mac OS X trojans are nonexistent? I know about the fake iLife 09 one and even about the first version of this trojan that was on some porn sites a year ago. My point (and concern) is that this is the first time the trojan writers have bothered to masquerade their work as a legitimate site. I certainly have Mac-using clients that would be fooled by this. As such, I’ve been setting up the least-savvy of them as standard users so they don’t have the ability to inadvertently install malware or a trojan.

By: Kevin Ballard

Kevin Ballard — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:02:42 +0000

As Zorak said, trojans for OS X, while rare, are not unheard of. In fact, not too long ago there was a bunch of attention given to one that masqueraded as a cracked copy of iWork ‘09 and spread itself through BitTorrenters.

By: Zorak

Zorak — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:31:27 +0000

Mac OS X trojans have been in the wild for over a year now (late 2007). Most often as video sites (pr0n) that attempt to get you to load a “codec.” Seriously, this is not news.

By: goobi

goobi — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:57:22 +0000

It’s apparent that for any AV maker on the Mac to make *any* sales, they need to start a virus rumour.

By: gfgdfgd

gfgdfgd — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:01:38 +0000

Sophos probably commissioned the damn thing to be made.