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

[Joe Sporleder]

On Nov 23, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:

> On Nov 23, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Kirk McElhearn wrote:
>
>> I always scratch my head at Mac users' belief that announcing  
>> malware is bad, whereas in the Windows world, it's common (more  
>> common than Windows users would like).
>
> Lots of folks like to see things only in black and white.  Thus  
> Microsoft is bad, and so are all of their products.  AV software  
> companies are bad.  Etc.
>
> Finding a Trojan Horse, even one that is only a concept, or one that  
> turns out to have no significant distribution, and the inclusion of  
> a definition in a company's AV software to defeat this malware is  
> cause for a press release by an AV software company.  Even a proof  
> of concept can be used as a template to create a serious threat.  A  
> Trojan with no significant distribution can be released by its  
> creator at a later date.
>
> An AV software company makes their money by selling AV software.   
> They can't keep  mum about what they are doing with their product.   
> Users of their product expect them to be on top of everything that  
> is going on with regard to malware.  Press releases are how AV  
> software companies make that known.

I would like to know how many Mac geeks it takes to change a light  
bulb . . .

;-)

Joe