Ah, but one of the best ways to drop malware into the system is to have a pop-up ad that says Hey fellow, your virus protection is out of date. Please give us your credit card, and we will provide you a new virus scanning software package.
I know quite a few folks on this list have downloaded free or inexpensive software, how are yyou sure that the software is legit. There are a lot of tricks out there, though most are patched pretty quickly once discovered. That is one very good thing about the iTunes store, all software can be scanned before being sold. A lot of my programming friends are upset at Apple, but it certainly makes me happy. I was surprised at how willfullly my children will download software from sites that they barely know anything about. Jon actuallly wrote On 30/04/2010, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > If the user is willing to download, open and install some random file > from somewhere, even when the OS prompts with a warning, then no amount > of anti-virus or spyware blocker is going to protect them. That's not an > OS problem. > > CB > > John J Herzog wrote: >> The key language from this article is the following line. >> But security experts feel that since the ‘Backdoor’ would need to be >> installed by the user himself in order to physically access the >> machine, the threat from the malware is quite low. >> >> Bottom line is this. Don't install any cracked programs, and you're >> good to go. Let me know when there is a sasser equivalent for macs >> that can crawl in on its own, and maybe then I'll worry. >> >> John >> On Apr 20, 2010, at 6:37 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >> >>> thought you guys maybe interested in this article. >>> http://technology.globalthoughtz.com/index.php/a-potential-backdoor-malware-for-mac-identified007/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+globalthoughtzHome+(Global+Thoughtz) >>> >>> <http://technology.globalthoughtz.com/index.php/a-potential-backdoor-malware-for-mac-identified007/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+globalthoughtzHome+%28Global+Thoughtz%29> >>> >>> On 20 Apr 2010, at 22:27, James & Nash wrote: >>> >>>> Nothing - even UNIX is invulnerable. and as Chris has said, the web >>>> is the big and future target. Perhaps the most dangerous >>>> application/opening on a computer is the system's web browser. >>>> >>>> TC >>>> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny >>>> On 20 Apr 2010, at 22:02, Chris Blouch wrote: >>>> >>>>> OSX being Unix doesn't make it impervious, as recent security >>>>> updates from Apple attest to, but it does make it harder. Throw in >>>>> the small market share and most malware developers will move on to >>>>> easier/broader targets (Windows). That said, an even bigger target >>>>> is the web which, by design, is cross platform. So if you're one of >>>>> those deviant types interested in trying to break into a system, >>>>> your time might be better spent doing cross site scripting or >>>>> Acrobat exploits than OS-specific hackery. It also happens that >>>>> people like to type in credit card numbers and shop over the web, >>>>> which doesn't happen much in desktop apps or the OS. So this makes >>>>> the web a juicy target for those of nefarious intents. >>>>> >>>>> CB >>>>> >>>>> Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >>>>>> No, the real reason why it's hard is because osx = unix. >>>>>> >>>>>> Did the tweet include a link? It might be helpfull to include this so >>>>>> that we can see what the tweeter was going on about. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 19/04/2010, Joe Plummer >>>>>> <joeplum...@tds.net> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> That is not the reason for it being hard to get a virus on a Mac. >>>>>>> The new OS >>>>>>> of windows does the same thing. The reason it is hard to get this >>>>>>> stuff on a >>>>>>> Mac is that for now there is no one writing the stuff for the >>>>>>> Mac. Because >>>>>>> it is not a big enough market. Now it becoming more and more >>>>>>> popular this >>>>>>> might change. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sign, >>>>>>> Joe Plummer ( JP ) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> joeplum...@tds.net >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: >>>>>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [ >>>>>>> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> ] On Behalf Of tim >>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 3:45 PM >>>>>>> To: >>>>>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: malwear and macs >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would't worry about it to much, because the mac will ask you if >>>>>>> you want >>>>>>> to install and tell you what is installing. >>>>>>> That is why it is hard to get a virus on a mac now. >>>>>>> On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:34 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> someone just retweeted something about malwear now being able to >>>>>>>> take over >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> macs. If this is true, how does everyone think we should protect >>>>>>> our macs? I >>>>>>> know norton and such programmes are available, but I hated them >>>>>>> when I was >>>>>>> on the windows side. One of the reasons I came to the mac was >>>>>>> because the >>>>>>> lack of viruses. 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