Mac Malware Evolves - No Install Password Required 374
An anonymous reader writes "The latest versions of the Mac Defender malware attacks no longer require users to enter their admin credentials (username and password) upon install. A threat called 'Mac Guard' installs itself into areas of the Mac OS X system that only require standard user privilege. On Windows the criminals did this to avoid UAC warnings, and have copied this trick to their Mac OS X releases."
I am safe. (Score:5, Funny)
My PC can't get Mac malware.
Re:PEBKAC (Score:5, Funny)
Comments like that make me think you are not participating in the two minute hate.
Just embrace the hate of apple and join the group think.
Re:I am safe. (Score:5, Funny)
You laugh now, but it's only a matter of time before PCs become popular enough that malware writers start targeting them instead.
Re:No surprises here (Score:2, Funny)
That policy has probably changed now since Apple has publicly acknowledged the threat and announced a fix, as well as publishing how to remove it. That's their M.O. : nobody gabs until word comes down from the mother-ship.
Mother ship? Word? Primitive voice communication went out a long time ago. These days Steve just remodulates the reality-distortion field slightly. If you were a Mac user you would know this.
Re:I am safe. (Score:4, Funny)
Really? A Mac is not a personal computer? What kind of device is it, then? Perhaps a "different computer"? Also, why does the definition of what a Mac is relate to how long someone has been in a coma? Surely the presence of recently-comatose patients would not change the nature of the machine itself.