This is rehashed FUD from June. No one has seen even one member of this so called "iBotnet"!
"Asked if Mac users are under attack, Symantec notes: "The short answer, no."
That proves this is more FUD!
To: Swordmaker
the apple gets bit.
To: Swordmaker
Sales for Symantec’s Mac antivirus software must be lagging.
3 posted on
10/01/2009 11:08:41 AM PDT by
Sparko
("Barack Hussein Obama He said Red, Yellow, Black or White All are equal in His sight. Mmm, mmm, mmm")
To: Swordmaker
If I am interpreting this correctly, you would have to download something with this in it, and then install whatever it is, in order to do damage. Am I understanding this?
4 posted on
10/01/2009 11:09:37 AM PDT by
La Lydia
To: Swordmaker
5 posted on
10/01/2009 11:12:47 AM PDT by
Albion Wilde
("I apologize to hookers for having associated them with the House of Representatives.--Jim Traficant)
To: Swordmaker
Why would anyone waste their time creating a virus for the Mac? It would make more sense to target a PC since they dwarf the users of Mac.
I bet this was done by someone close to the AV company or the company that made the software that was pirated (so that it will scare others to not try and steal their software). Other than that no one wants to waste their time making a Mac virus.
7 posted on
10/01/2009 11:21:33 AM PDT by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: Aria; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 50mm; 6SJ7; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; Aliska; altair; ...
iBotnet FUD— PING!
Not only is this FUD, but it is rehashed FUD from way back in May.
These are the same Bozos who claimed in May's Virus Journal, a $150 subscription online magazine for hackers, that they had found the first Mac botnet and further claimed that there were more than 20,000 Macs involved in it. They did not report it to Symantec, their supposed employer, who still lists number of Macs infected with this Trojan as 0 to 50. This article, despite its inflamatory headline, reports the truth:
"Asked if Mac users are under attack, Symantec notes: "The short answer, no."
Mac Ping!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
10 posted on
10/01/2009 11:42:58 AM PDT by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: Swordmaker
11 posted on
10/01/2009 11:43:01 AM PDT by
LasVegasMac
(Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
To: Swordmaker
Yep if you aren’t downloading illegal software you have nothing to worry about.
To: Swordmaker
Nenernenernener..... Warning! Warning! Danger Will Robinson!!! The Sky is falling!!!
All your base are belong to us!!! Somebody sent us up the bomb!
36 posted on
10/03/2009 2:26:00 PM PDT by
TheBattman
(Pray for our country...)
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