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Mac-specific Trojan discovered, injects ads into webpages
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| Posted: 3 hours, 39 mins ago
| Charles Gantt
Posted on 03/21/2013 1:18:06 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ShadowAce; SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/21/2013 1:19:32 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Remember, Google is your friend ...Great post except for the above, which means "all your keystroke are belong to us." It's good to use a search proxy like Startpage.
Thanks again for the helpful Mac info.
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posted on
03/21/2013 1:22:29 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Liberalism: knowing you're better than everyone else because of your humility. -- Daniel Greenfield)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
03/21/2013 1:23:54 PM PDT
by
CGASMIA68
To: Albion Wilde
Not sure why this is Apple specific.
Sounds like it would work with Windows or Linux....if someone hacker did the work ....
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posted on
03/21/2013 1:26:22 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Impossible. Macs don’t get viruses.
/s
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posted on
03/21/2013 1:27:34 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
03/21/2013 1:29:48 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Impossible. Macs dont get viruses. That's why Norton, Mcafee, Webroot, etc,etc,etc. sell Anti-Virus utilities for Mac.
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posted on
03/21/2013 1:31:35 PM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
To: Responsibility2nd
"...Impossible. Macs dont get viruses..." Heh, I usually hear that from people who don't know anything about computers, or who don't know anythings about Macs.
People who DO know anything about computers don't say that.
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posted on
03/21/2013 1:33:09 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(1793 French Jacobins and 2012 American Liberals have a lot in common.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Technically this is not a virus it is a Trojan.
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posted on
03/21/2013 1:34:00 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
It appears that the user has to help out by approving and downloading something to get infected.
Human engineering.
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posted on
03/21/2013 1:35:09 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(1793 French Jacobins and 2012 American Liberals have a lot in common.)
To: Albion Wilde
The only search engine I use is called GoodSearch.com
I’ve been using it for years, now, and I find it is excellent!
The other good thing about GoodSearch is that when you first use it, it asks you to name a charity that you support. After you do that, it throws a few pennies to that charity every time you use it.
I listed my “charity” as Second Amendment Sisters in this way. We are a non-profit organization.
You don’t make a lot of money—but we have gotten a couple of checks for around $100.
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posted on
03/21/2013 1:38:09 PM PDT
by
basil
(basil, 2ASisters.org)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
In other words, they trick you into typing in the root password.
If you’re willing to type in the root password for anything that asks for it, you’re not much of a Unix Sysadmin.
To: unixfox
That's why Norton, Mcafee, Webroot, etc,etc,etc. sell Anti-Virus utilities for Mac. And I am sure they are all HUGH sellers, too.
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posted on
03/21/2013 2:01:50 PM PDT
by
John Valentine
(Deep in the Heart of Texas)
To: proxy_user
In other words, they trick you into typing in the root password. If youre willing to type in the root password for anything that asks for it, youre not much of a Unix Sysadmin.
Oh. Thank you for explaining it in terms I could comprehend, proxy_user. It suddenly makes sense!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
...the most popular method being the use of movie trailer pages in which users must install a plugin to view the content. Any computer user stupid enough to fall for this ploy ALMOST deserves what they get. I say ALMOST, because nobody, no matter how stupid, deserves to have their computer messed with by a remote A-hole.
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posted on
03/21/2013 2:04:51 PM PDT
by
John Valentine
(Deep in the Heart of Texas)
To: null and void
ping. look at the search engine recommendation
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posted on
03/21/2013 2:23:32 PM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up.)
To: rlmorel
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posted on
03/21/2013 2:34:54 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
To: basil
It is sponsored by Yahoo, right?
It is nice to support charity, but I prefer DuckDuckGo, which doesn’t track you, at least so far.
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posted on
03/21/2013 3:13:20 PM PDT
by
jacquej
To: Responsibility2nd; Swordmaker
Been using Macs since 1982, and never had a virus/trojan/malware problem yet.
And I am on the ‘net constantly. Just anecdotal, I know. Will wait for Swordmaker to post.
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posted on
03/21/2013 3:15:37 PM PDT
by
jacquej
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