SillyDog701

[stoperror]

This article states:

"ZDNet has a story (and several related articles) about how Symantec has discovered evidence of an all-Mac based botnet that is actively involved in a DOS attack. Apparently, security on the exploited Macs (call them iBots?) was compromised when unwary users bit-torrented pirated copies of iWork 09 and Photoshop CS4 that contained malware. From the article: 'They describe this as the "first real attempt to create a Mac botnet" and notes that the zombie Macs are already being used for nefarious purposes.'"

No OS is immune from the stupidity of the organic mass using it.

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[mscott123]

"The code indicates that, wherever possible, the author tried to use the most flexible and extendible approach when creating it – and therefore we would not be surprised to see a new, modified variant in the near future," the researchers said. Interestingly enough, they added that the person who wrote the trojans is not the same person who activated the botnet. "

I would not be surprised if Mac's got hit hard with viruses in the near future. While it could never be the same extent as pc's it will be more dangerous since most mac users feel invincible and immune from viruses. That will change. Unlike the past 20 years of virus free usage.

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