ok so it sounds like OSX is just like every other OS on the market today. I thought it was special and was not vulnerable to attack unless the user entered an admin password and chose to install the malware.
Glad we got that cleared up. Looks like I was right all along. Nice to see you joining me glad to have you on the team.
You thought right....
"First it will ask for an administrator password, and if supplied it will install...."
Look, for-q-Clinton, You have been told this repeatedly... quit acting as though this were a new discovery. Quit being so disingenuous... and trollish.
It is a TROJAN... all operating systems are susceptible to Trojans... OSX less so because it has a built in Trojan detection that is NOT dependent on third party add on software for such protection and will identify known Trojans and prevent them from being downloaded or being installed. Apple has already PATCHED the Java Runtime vulnerability this exploit depends on to operate and pushed it out to OSX users. Apple has also already pushed out the signature of this Trojan to its built-in detection system, 24 hours or so after its discovery. Apple users ARE protected.
This is a basic non-story we have seen numerous times when a new variation of an existing (which they said) Trojan is released. The only Apple OSX users who were at risk were those who had not upgraded in the past two years, and who have installed Java Runtime on their previous installations of OSX... even THEN, although it was included with the distribution, the Java Runtime applet was an optional install. Now, Apple does not include it and, if a user wants it, he has to download it and install it.
The number of Trojans in the wild for Apple OSX is now about 20... compared to how many for Windows?