Apple Macs under attack - botnet infested at least 600,000 machines

[Skybird]

Oas ist's mitta Friedlichkeit...

http://news.techworld.com/security/3349400/apple-mac-flashback-botnet-now-numbers-over-600000/?olo=rss

[TLAM Strike]

Apples don't get viruses huh?

I have a professor who loves his Apple products; I'm going to have to rub his nose in it... :O:

:haha:

[August]

Apples don't get viruses huh?

I have a professor who loves his Apple products; I'm going to have to rub his nose in it... :O:

:haha:

He'll probably tell you it's a mark of Apples popularity. :DL

[the_tyrant]

Technically, this is not a virus, its a trojan horse.
But than, windows doesn't get viruses anymore either.

/nitpick

go on legit porn sites
and don't install cracks
don't click on penis enlargement ads

you will be safe 99% of the time

[CaptainHaplo]

600,000 machines? That must be every Mac out there... I knew that "MAC OS X" looked suspicious! :har:

[vienna]

Apple was never really targeted because the OS was such a small percentage of the user base. However, now that a large number of the Apple "i" products are being sort of home-based on the Macs, it has become a more attractive way to spread malicious wares on those devices...

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[MH]

I-viruses and smartphone is the future.