It looks like till recently the Mac from Apple has been saved from viruses good enough. But yesterday we’ve got news that a new, actually second virus is worming its way through via iChat.
F-Secure’s blog reports that the worm has not surfaced in the wild and this particular worm’s lifespan will be short lived. They also said it uses a Bluetooth library locked into a specific Bluetooth address and the library expires on February 24th of this year. They are sure that it’s doubtful Inqtana.
So, if Mac has been hacked we have all chances to get now that the viruses will flow like water. Sophos just conducted a poll and their numbers say 79% of the 600 web poll respondents feel Macs will be targeted more in the future.
What about the first ever Trojan has been confirmed it come with pirated and unlicensed iServices package that came with iWork ‘09 and PhotoShop CS4.
How to know if your Mac OS X has been infected?
If your CPU is showing excessive usage (90 to 100% at times) then that’s a strong sign that your Mac has been infected.
On close inspection you will discover a PHP script instigating DDoS (denial-of-service) attacks on websites.
How to protect your Mac OS X?
Even though many Antivirus programs have been updated to block iServices (which is infected with the trojan) package but if your Mac has been infected already then try this:
Delete these folders:
1) System/Library/StartupItems/DivX
2) System/Library/StartupItems/iWorkServices
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