Macs have the reputation of being much more secure than Windows machines. The occasional Mac virus does raise its head, though, and this one is interesting and pernicious.
Be careful!
Macs have the reputation of being much more secure than Windows machines. The occasional Mac virus does raise its head, though, and this one is interesting and pernicious.
Be careful!
I believe this is categorized as malware or more accurately a trojan, since a user has to specifically download/install it in order for it to run on your system.
ReplyDeleteWhile Joseph is right, this is also old news. The Trojan is Intel-only, and Apple has already released a software update that defends Snow Leopard against it.
ReplyDeleteJeff:
ReplyDeleteYes Apple has released a patch for it, but the malware makers have already found a way around it. This is where the cat and mouse game can start where even though Apple may release updates they may not come as quickly as virus software does, nor may Apple want to get that involved in it.
Joseph:
Yes it is a trojan, not a virus. There are still no virus for Mac in the current OS X system. The trojan does have to be installed by a user and would most likely happen with a user that is not as savvy.
As an Apple Consultant, I don't like recommending Virus Software as we hoped we did not have to see the day where virus are prevalent on the Mac. Plus the typical Norton and Symantic and bloated and slow down systems. However we have been starting to recommend installing Sophos for Mac. It's free and not too processor intensive.
My Mac laptop has served me well for nearly four years with no viruses to speak of, but for about 18 months now, there has been one thing that I do not think I will be able to fix: a nice lovely crack right in the center of the screen.
ReplyDeleteBut I still love it and use it daily.