Bottom Of The Barrel

Mac grows up and catches a cold

For years, the Mac community has been saying they as basically immune to viruses which would lead most to believe that the operating system is far suprior to windows and that is why viruses are so rare on the platform. They also based this former ad on that premice:



The truth of the matter is more likely that the Mac OS is used on a small percentage of desktops around the world so those who are into malicious software simply have been focusing on the major player. Well Mac has been contiually gaining markshare and with that comes their very own virus - the iServices.A Trojan horse is disguised as a bootleg copy of the new iWork 09. Once installed, the malware takes administrator access and connects to remote servers over the Internet, where it can be given additional instructions as the author commands, from installing additional malware to stealing information off the Mac in question. The malware creator can also take complete remote control of any compromised machine. Security firm Intego said that just 20,000 machines had been infected as of January 21 but that the risk of ongoing infection was "serious, and users may face extremely serious consequences" if they are stricken with the malware.

I guess that advertisement is no longer applicible. I'm a Mac and I'm a PC and we both get viruses now....

Labels: Software

posted by TheWino @ 8:05 AM