Multiplying Mac Trojan???

November 2007

Multiplying Mac trojan not epidemic yet.
Security firm F-Secure has discovered 32 variants of the Trojan that targets Mac operating systems, but claims about its powers have been wildly overstated, according to experts. A chief research officer at F-Secure said the Trojan was not an isolated incident, and those behind it seem “serious about targeting Mac users as well as Windows users.

And they keep putting out slightly modified versions of the Trojan for the Mac too.” The Trojan is being disguised as a codec, a device used to decode digital streams. If it is downloaded, it alters a computer’s domain name system server, redirecting the machine to sites of the malware distributor’s choice. The prime purpose appears to be to make money when people click on ads served on the sites. Another F-Secure official said that while this shows that Macs are “starting to get interesting for the bad guys,” the Trojan does not mean Mac platforms are facing a malware epidemic.