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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
So is the key to protect macs is to avoid illegal downloads?
It sounds like a no brainer....
6 posted on
04/15/2009 9:30:27 PM PDT by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/)
To: Swordmaker
Correction... I mis-remembered. It was not the upgrade to iLife’09, it was the Trial version of iWork’09... sorry about that.
8 posted on
04/15/2009 9:53:29 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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