Friday
Nov022007
Oh Yeah, We Got a 'Trojan'
Friday, November 2, 2007 at 21:16
Every once in a lifetime, a virus/trojan or wahtever for Mac OSX raises it's 'ugly' head. And now we got a Trojan. Infection occurs through porn websites :-P, and it promises a codec with which you can view the x-rated content on the website(s). I guess that there's a sex-starved market out there.
As you might have guesed, the trojan isn't exactly what it promises to be. It modifies your DNS settings, which are almost undetectable (for regular users). The result is that you might get rerouted to other sites than you originally intended. Since 'they' control the DNS, you might be typing your usernames and passwords for eBay on a site that's not really eBay.
There are way of detecting and removig the darn thing.
As you might have guesed, the trojan isn't exactly what it promises to be. It modifies your DNS settings, which are almost undetectable (for regular users). The result is that you might get rerouted to other sites than you originally intended. Since 'they' control the DNS, you might be typing your usernames and passwords for eBay on a site that's not really eBay.
There are way of detecting and removig the darn thing.
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