Re: [PLUG] It's happening. Mac Viruses

[Edmond Rodriguez <erodrig_97@yahoo.com>]

Yes, that is a good distinction, thanks for the clarification. 



----- Original Message ----
> From: Douglas Muth <doug.muth@gmail.com>
> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 5:58:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] It's happening. Mac Viruses
> 
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Edmond Rodriguez wrote:
> >
> > It's happening, I wonder what this means for Linux?
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/22/first.mac.botnet/index.html
> >
> 
> I'm not *too* worred since technically, it's a trojan, due to it
> having been placed in a specific pirated version of iWork, and does
> not replicate on it's own.  Viruses replicate on their own.
> 
> On the subject of trojans, this already *has* happened for Linux.  In
> 2002, there was a trojaned copy of Sendmail making the rounds:
> 
> http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-28.html
> 
> 
> Will we see actual viruses for the Mac that can infect other programs,
> or malware that can infect other machines?  I'll leave that to someone
> who understands the inner workings of the OS better than I do to
> answer that one...
> 
> -- Doug
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