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September 18, 2008 11:11 AM PDT
Trojan masquerades as iPhone game
Security firm Sophos warned on Thursday that e-mails being circulated on the Web that purport to offer a free iPhone game instead are carrying a Trojan horse that can take control of infected Windows machines.
The e-mails have subject lines like "Virtual iPhone games!" and "Apple: The most popular game!" The attachment is called "Penguin.Panic.zip," which refers to the iPhone game of the same name.
The Trojan has been identified as Troj/Agent-HNY, Sophos said.
Sophos has not yet seen versions that run on Mac OS X, the Apple iPhone, or other mobile devices.
Originally posted at Security
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor.
LOOKING FOR ANY HELP OUT THERE?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus
In general culture, we see them as malware .. dangerous bits of code that causes damages to a system by taking advantage of known or unknown vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities like the 34 that haven been patch recently in Mac OS X.
http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintoshresource/Macintosh_Viruses_and_Mac_Virus_Resources.htm
They might be rare, but few Mac owners are prepared for them. The thing about viruses is they want the highest saturation, and that is not the Mac, which is caters to people that want to overspend for less: like the I AM RICH iPhone app.
Ya, right! Mac's market share was too insignificant for virus writers to spend their time writing viruses for. That doesn't make it any more secure, just not attacked enough. Security by obscurity!
Most web servers in the world are UNIX based. If a malware could crack one of those, do you really think they'd be interested in a bunch of PC Bots?
UNIX is inherently more secure than windowze.
And BTW, Mac laptops are about 30% of all NEW laptop sales. That's NOT insignificant.
All true apps are delivered thru iTunes.
So if you are stoopid enough to try to get iPhone apps thru other means, then please assist me in the following:
Kindly to assist me in cashing a check left to me by my rich Uncle who was in the UK. I cannot cash the check here due to it's large size and that inflation is so high here. But to have the money in American dollars would help me to keep its value.
If you could so kindly take the check, I can mail it to you and you place 1/2 of it, or $10,000 in my Nigerian bank account listed on the back of the check. You can keep the other $10,000 for your kindness and troubles.
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Well your right. I mean Apple really doesn't have that much of a market share so why would anyone want to write a virus for a Mac? Because that would make all the apple fanboys shut up! Hey, its proof of concept. If it can be done (which it can) then do it! Stop talking the talk and start walking the walk. Honestly, even with Apples little market share there is definitely enough prestige to have a nice virus written for it.
Think about it, you write the virus, you shut up the fanboys. Not an apple fanboy, heck, I've never owned an apple computer. I'm just saying if its such a small market share, then why are there constant fights about Apple vs PC? Come one! Do something about it!
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by paintedangel
September 22, 2008 5:12 PM PDT
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by war1ock86
September 23, 2008 1:52 AM PDT
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(16 Comments)And 9-11 was caused by Apple too!
Morons!
interesting how a windows virus just gives the "windows fanboys" a chance to bash apple. hypocrites.
if you like windows operating system so much why are you even taking the time to bash apple?
i don't even know why i responded to this since i run ubuntu. but it just burns me up listening to you whining jealous fanboys argue. i don't care what operating system you use. you all sound like a bunch of middle schoolers to me.