A New Trojan Threat On Mac Os X Comes From Facebook

SecureMac has discovered a fresh Trojan that affects almost all Mac OS X editions even the 10. 7 Lion and it's also being distributed through email and web 2 . 0 like Facebook, posing being a video linked from a phone message with the title 揑s this you through this video??

When a user clicks in the link, the Trojan is executed by way of a Java applet that downloads files with your computer, including an installer which is automatically launched and requires your password. After typing within your password, a malicious person anywhere in another continent could have an easy access to all your accounts.



The Trojan runs inside the background and completely undetectable, so each time you start your hard drive, it sends spam messages from the user抯 contact list. It could affect all popular stands, such as Windows, Linux and Mac OPERATING SYSTEM X and it is apparently a variation of a malware received from the Microsoft environment.

It is a sobering reminder that hackers are improving their efforts to bargain Mac OS X protection as Apple increases their market share. Users needs to be careful to protect his or her computer and take precautions while surfing the online.

Fortunately, some experts believe it is not a threat which poses critical risk as a consequence of, at least temporarily, limited distribution and several design flaws that steer clear of the Trojan to work properly in every one situations. For example, even though the Trojan can theoretically assail a Mac OX laptop or computer, some security specialists haven't been able to ensure it is running on a laptop or computer with Mac OS Back button 10. 6, due a powerful installer that ask for the Administrator password, which prevent the Trojan to affect all of us without noticing.

SecureMac has released a cost-free tool which can protect computer users from that Trojan and remove it all from the system in case there is infection. Furthermore, to refrain from any infection through Safari, you can always disable the actual Java plugin (not JavaScript) ?nside your browser preferences, thus negating any chance for running the trojan.

Many international users are luckier as much Trojans of this type discover default in English, giving them a first clue in order to suspect any message they receive is not really from a friend when they regularly use non-english different languages.