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Play Poker - Catch a Virus

Posted by applebits

June 23, 2008 |

Creative Commons License photo credit: vonguard
Security firm Intego has released details on two Trojan Horse Viruses circulating in the wild that have it out for your precious Mac.

The first one, posing as a poker game, asks you for your admin password and then uploads the password and your machines information to a central server so that it can have access to your machine.  The second one attacks a vulnerability in OS X’s Remote Management agent.  Both have been spotted int he wild and have a risk rating of high.

Now, the bad news is that these two viruses are out and about and are dangerous.  The good news is that these two viruses are the TWO (not millions) that my Mac is at risk for right now.  The bottom line is Macs are still safer than their Windows brethren.

So, what is the lesson here? Only run software you trust (from trusted companies), never play online poker, and don’t run Windows.


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