[X4U] New Trojan threatens Macs with installer...

[Paul Moortgat]

And it's told by the same company who told such a story before: Intego.
Case closed.

Paul Moortgat

On 19 Nov 2008, at 18:45, Tim Collier wrote:

> On 11/19/08 12:06 AM, Michael Elliott said:
>
>> This from macnn.com:
>>
>> http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/18/rsplugd.trojan.hits.macs/
>>
>> I just wanted to warn everyone that I think I've actually seen this
>> trojan just yesterday.  I was doing a google search, and two of my
>> hits came back with links that resolved to sites in the .pl domain.
>> When the pages loaded, I got the "activex" installation dialog.
>> Knowing that there IS no ActiveX on Macs, I was actually suspicious  
>> of
>> a trojan, and closed the site.
>>
>> Has anyone else run into this?
>>
>> Michael
>>
> What did P. T. Barnum say?  There's a sucker born every minute.  I  
> believe
> this applies aptly to your statement.  Since I KNOW that I am  
> running the
> Mac OS, I KNOW that it does not use ActiveX, that's used by Windows.
> Anybody stupid enough to click "yes" to have it install deserves  
> what he
> gets.  Plus, if you look at the web page, you'll notice that they're  
> trying
> to sell you anti-virus software.  What does that tell you?  It also  
> states
> that these are mostly located on porn sites.  Why not try getting your
> pornography by some other means?
> --
> Tim Collier
> MacBook Pro 2.33 gig 4 gig RAM
> http://www.timcolliermiami.com/
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