Macs don’t get viruses? Think again
Posted by James | Filed under Geek, Security
Oh how the PC users have longed for this day. One of Apple’s main (and much trumpeted) marketing points being that Mac is practically virus free, many have held the view that this stems largely from Macs (and OS X) being less prominent on the market than Windows-based PCs.
As a long time PC user, I cannot deny that I consider some of the applications in Windows a security train wreck (*cough* IE6 *cough*), but I do agree that the myth about Macs being immune to viruses is overrated to some degree.
Now, many reports say that some pornography sites hold a Mac trojan pretending to be a video codec.
Granted, this is not the first Mac trojan nor the first Mac malware. But, this one seems to be particularly nasty.
Named OSX.RSPlug.A, it appears to Mac users as they’re lured into thinking they’re viewing a video, and acts as a necessary video codec. The computers of users who proceed with the installation will be infested by a DNSChanger that hijacks web requests sent to eBay, PayPal and several online banking websites. Not nice.
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