Not surprising at all, but thanks for sharing. You might want to check out the free Clam X AV, or perhaps ProtectMac. There's another paid one too from Intego. I think it's called Virus Barrier X.
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Thank you On 6 Apr 2012, at 12:45, william lomas wrote: > so looks like we are now going to have to waste money > on antivirus now lol > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "Peter Beasley" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [access-uk] Mac virus article from The Daily Mail >> Date: 6 April 2012 12:10:14 GMT+01:00 >> To: <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> >> 'Rude awakening' for Mac users as cyber attack infects 550,000 of Apple's >> 'virus free' machines - >> with UK and U.S. worst hit >> >> Trojan has compromised 550,000 machines, claims Russian security firm >> Attack is 'rude awakening' for Mac users >> Cyber threat infects machines via any of four million infected web pages >> By Rob Waugh >> PUBLISHED: 10:11, 5 April 2012 | UPDATED: 09:22, 6 April 2012 >> >> A new computer trojan has infected 550,000 machines running Apple's Mac OS X >> - and many could still >> be vulnerable. >> >> The infected machines are now part of a 'botnet' of zombie machines which >> can be controlled by cyber >> criminals and 'told' to download new malicious software. >> >> The attack has been described as a 'rude awakening' for Mac users. >> >> The attack has afflicted machines in America and the UK worst, according to >> Russian security vendor >> Dr Web's statistics >> The new attack was spotted by Russian anti-virus vendor Dr Web. >> 'We conducted research to determine the scale of spreading of Trojan >> BackDoor.Flashback that infects >> computers running Mac OS X,' says the Russian antivirus vendor. >> >> 'The botnet encompasses more than 550 000 infected machines, most of which >> are located in the United >> States and Canada. >> >> 'This once again refutes claims by some experts that there are no >> cyber-threats to Mac OS X.' >> Many Mac users believe that the system is 'immune' to viruses and trojans - >> but in reality hackers >> rarely choose to write viruses that afflict Macs, simply because there are >> relatively few Macs >> compared to the huge number of machines that run Windows. >> >> Hackers want their attacks to spread rapidly, so they usually target the OS >> that offers the most >> potential 'victims'. >> >> Describing the attack as a 'rude awakening' for Mac OS X users, blogger >> Adrian Sanabria said, >> 'Despite what Apple's marketing department would have you believe, Macs are >> not invulnerable to >> attacks and malware targeting OS X does exist.' >> >> The attack works using a vulnerability in Java, and is delivered via >> infected web pages. >> Just visiting the web pages is enough to infect a machine, downloading a >> file which then downloads >> further malicious software from elsewhere. >> >> Dr Web claims that more than four million web pages are infected with the >> trojan. >> >> 'Over 550 000 infected machines running Mac OS X have been a part of the >> botnet on April 4,' says Dr >> Web. 'These only comprise a segment of the botnet set up by means of the >> particular >> BackDoor.Flashback modification. Most infected computers reside in the >> United States (56.6%, or >> 303,449 infected hosts), Canada comes second (19.8%, or 106,379 infected >> computers), the third place >> is taken by the United Kingdom (12.8% or 68,577 cases of infection) and >> Australia with 6.1% (32,527 >> infected hosts) is the fourth.' >> >> Read more: >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2125496/Apple-computers-infected-Flashback-Trojan-virus-rude-awakening-Mac-users.html >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >> database 7032 (20120406) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** [email protected] >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:[email protected]?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** [email protected] with the Subject:- faq >> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. 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