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Apple iMacs now getting “Windows Style” viruses

April 22, 2009

Blogs are buzzing this week about what two Symantec researchers have called the first harmful computer program to strike specifically at Mac. CNN is reporting… it’s also worth noting that these idiots actually installed the virus on their machine.

“Mac users at large, however, should not be alarmed by the incident, experts said. The program infects only computers whose users downloaded pirated versions of the Mac software iWork.”

Laughing out loud… they stole software and of course that is what they get for it, that being stated… we’re still at a loss why people are still buying any software. See attached screenshot of this post being written on Ubuntu Linux, using all free opensource software …

Literally opensource the whole way, Opensource Linux, typing on Opensource Firefox, inputing data on an opensource FreeBSD server, hosting an opensource WordPress blog.

Why people this day and age are paying for Apple and PC’s is mind boggling.
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  • Jacques Cornell

    The title of this article is both sloppy and factually wrong. First, not all Macs are iMacs. Second, the malware in question is not a “Windows Style” virus. It’s not a virus at all. A virus is self-replicating, meaning that it can spread from computer to computer without the users’ permission or knowledge. The recently discovered malware is a Trojan Horse. That is, it masquerades as something else in order to trick the user into giving permission for its installation. In this case, it is embedded in a pirated version of Apple’s iWork software suite and infects a Mac when the user installs the software. All one has to do to avoid infection is to refrain from installing pirated software that contains the malware. The lesson: install only software from trusted sources.

    There are still no known viruses in the wild that are able to infect Macs.

  • Jacques Cornell

    The title of this article is both sloppy and factually wrong. First, not all Macs are iMacs. Second, the malware in question is not a “Windows Style” virus. It’s not a virus at all. A virus is self-replicating, meaning that it can spread from computer to computer without the users’ permission or knowledge. The recently discovered malware is a Trojan Horse. That is, it masquerades as something else in order to trick the user into giving permission for its installation. In this case, it is embedded in a pirated version of Apple’s iWork software suite and infects a Mac when the user installs the software. All one has to do to avoid infection is to refrain from installing pirated software that contains the malware. The lesson: install only software from trusted sources.

    There are still no known viruses in the wild that are able to infect Macs.

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