Trojans threatened Mac Raubkopierer.

Until now, Macs an island of bliss. While PC users every day with fresh anti-virus updates from attacks by malicious software arm had been Mac users from criminal programmer mostly ignored. That could now be over.

 

The Trojans called OSX.Trojan.iServices.A hidden in a pirated copy. Only a few days, iWork 09, the new Office software from Apple, ever available, they will have as a vehicle for the spread of malicious software used. Affected are, however, seems only users who are trying to package the program through illegal means such as the sharing of Bittorrent network to obtain.

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Apple sells the software in two ways. The one on DVD. The can for 79 euros in the shop, on his computer to install and get started. Entering a serial number of the software is not required. Anders, however, the trial version of iWork 09, which as a free download from Apple. 30 days to run the programs smoothly, then the software asks to enter a serial number on which you can buy from Apple.

In a rigged trial version of this software has a cracker now apparently hidden his Trojans. In her block "
Thread Researcher describes Methusela Cebrian Ferrer, antivirus specialist with the IT consultancy company CA Inc., as the Trojans work. Consequently, the malicious software as a trojan, backdoor, botnet client and P2P worm act.

The precise role of the Trojan, however, confusion still reigns. The
Security software vendor Intego that the malicious software is also capable of additional software modules from the Web nachzuladen could therefore be adapted to different tasks. Since the program launch itself as the object on the Mac is taking over and gives the administrator rights, it is likely that the author is a mac-based botnet wants to build, for example, for the sending of spam e-mails or for targeted attacks on the server can be used.

Affected were already up to 20,000 users, it says at Intego. So many users were infected, the version of the iWork 09-install package already from sources such as Bittorrent downloaded. Intego warns explicitly before, the software from illegal sources to obtain.

Concerned that the package is already installed, the trojan will be using the Terminal program in Mac OS X itself can be removed, they say in Internet forums. They are, however, a good knowledge of Mac OS X required.

Who is the software from legitimate sources, directly from Apple, is worried, however, must not worry. The original software from Apple's Web site may continue to be installed. The time of bliss, however, could this new Trojan horse for Mac fans have been completed.