To: Swordmaker
2 posted on
04/15/2009 9:11:13 PM PDT by
GOP Poet
To: ShadowAce
3 posted on
04/15/2009 9:14:44 PM PDT by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 50mm; 6SJ7; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; Aliska; aristotleman; ...
First Apple Mac Botnet? According to Symantec researchers one
attempted a Denial of Service attack in January... PING!
The malware was apparently attached to the supposedly pirated copy of the FREE download of iLife'09 update posted on a bit-torrent site... Symantec claims that "thousands" of Macs were infected by downloading and installing this Trojan, but at the time, bit-torrent records showed the single instance of an infected copy was only downloaded "dozens" of times. The file was available free on Apple's website.
Mac Botnet Ping?!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
4 posted on
04/15/2009 9:15:04 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: Swordmaker
One question I have is: if this was discovered by Symantec researchers, how come it was not posted on Symantec's website—and subject of a Symantec press release? Instead, it's published in an obscure newsletter for Virus researchers,
Virus Bulletin, three months after the supposed Denial of Service attack attempt. What gives?
I suspect that this "botnet" did not rise to even Symantec's low standards of important malware.
5 posted on
04/15/2009 9:29:26 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
9 posted on
04/15/2009 9:55:38 PM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Swordmaker
B.. b.. b.. but, Mac is impervious to any virus!!!!
11 posted on
04/15/2009 10:14:03 PM PDT by
cybervyk
To: Swordmaker
13 posted on
04/15/2009 10:18:23 PM PDT by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Swordmaker
But, but, I thought Macs didn’t have enough marketshare to attract malware authors.
To: Swordmaker
So I wonder how many PC viruses over the years were created by MAC geeks trying to make Microsoft look bad.
15 posted on
04/16/2009 9:06:22 AM PDT by
McGruff
(I guess it all depends upon what the meaning of "bow" is.)
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