[Swordmaker]

NOTE: Apple's built-in "Gatekeeper" already recognizes the malware that is hidden inside "EasyDoc Converter.app", so Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor really is not a new Trojan after all but just a new variation of an old one in one of the eight existing families that OS X already recognizes. The only way a Mac user can get infected with this is to be industrial strength stupid and to ignore the three separate warnings the OS brings up, one at original download informing the user that the file includes malware that could damage his system and privacy, secondly when the user installs the downloaded app, also warning him that the app he is about to install contains malware that could damage his system and his data, and finally on first run, saying the same thing. . . all of which to dismiss require an administrator's name and password to bypass! That IS industrial strength stupidity to ignore and go ahead and install this Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor infected app!

[Swordmaker]

"New" Apple OS X malware reportedly found. Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor discovered inside the "EasyDoc Converter.app" which has already been removed from the third-party location where it was found. It was NOT on the Apple OS X App Store, however it may have been posted elsewhere. It is ALREADY recognized by Apple's "GateKeeper" built-in malware protection, indicating it is not a "new" Trojan but rather a new variation of an old Trojan, or a member of an already existing Trojan family with recognizable characteristics which Gatekeeper will automatically recognize and warn users about and block unless the user overrides the warnings. If you were industrially strength stupid enough to go ahead and download it (no Freeper could possibly be in that terminal ill condition, but you may have some Liberal acquaintances who are) you may need to get MalwareBytes to remove it. — PING!

"New" Old Apple Trojan: Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor
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[ifinnegan]

EasyDoc Converter was a System 7 shareware program. way back in the day.

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[martin_fierro]

The only way a Mac user can get infected with this is to be industrial strength stupid and to ignore the three separate warnings the OS brings up,