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600,000 Macs infected

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adairusmc said:
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i loled
 
Technically a Trojan isn't a virus... however I'm happy at this news. Maybe Mac users will wake up and realize that Apple sold them a steaming pile when it comes to security.
 
More than 600,000 Macs infected with Flashback botnet

So, that's like half of the entire Mac fleet in the world, isn't it?
 
mikeymikec said:
Perhaps I should have just highlighted "antivirus company"? You know, the sort of company that wouldn't at all have any interest at all in SELLING ANTI-VIRUS PRODUCTS?

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This is a legitimate warning. Apple is already distributing a patch to fix it through the automatic update.
 
Some commenters seem to have missed that point, so let me repeat those details more emphatically. The Flashback malware in its current incarnation does not use an installer. It does not require that the user enter a password or click OK in a dialog box. It is a drive-by download that installs itself silently and with absolutely no user action required, and it is triggered by the simple act of viewing a website using a Mac on which Java is installed.


Source
 
blankslate said:
Technically a Trojan isn't a virus... however I'm happy at this news. Maybe Mac users will wake up and realize that Apple sold them a steaming pile when it comes to security.
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This spread through a Java exploit. It's a virus.

I, too, don't understand why viruses are called "Trojans" all the time. Calling software "Trojan" should be reserved for unwanted software bundled with some other functional software that you willingly install.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Horse
 
Mike Gayner said:
That was good of them, considering the security hole was plugged in January by Oracle.
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This is the important part of the story. Any system can get a virus. How the maintainers handle patches is what matters. Apple's greed and hubris caused peoples machines to get infected, not the virus.
 
Question
Why did god make Macs?

Answer
So that morally superior people could recognize each other...

Surprised by the Schadenfreude?

Uno
 
Dominato3r said:
Running any web connected computer without anti-virus is stupid
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No, allowing ads and java script, flash, etc. to run rampant without any restriction is stupid. So called security software just slows down your computer giving you a false sense that you're protected. Funny how PCs with "Security Essentials" are infected all the time by these fake security center programs. It's a people problem pure and simple. UAC is a joke because people will click through it all the time. The only way to make it actually work is using a GPO that requires a root password and not giving the idiot "clicksall" user that password.

Block all ads with a firewall, adblock extension, use no script and don't do stupid things like run crackz, keygenz, etc. and you will never have this problem.

If you compare the speed of a computer side by side running AV and not the difference is quite noticeable.
 
the average mac user is a appliance operator. They have bought the Apple marketing concept hook/line and sinker. Apple marketing concept has sold the mac as a virus free alternative. The illusion of security s about to take a beating. Appliance operators aren't going to understand anything beyond turning on the mac and using it.
 
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