Mon, Mar 31 2008 13:42 Don

Mac OS X Trojan horse aims to make money from Macintosh users

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have advised the Apple Macintosh community not to panic following the discovery of another Trojan horse for the Mac OS X platform. Instead, Apple Mac lovers are advised to ensure that they continue to take personal computer security seriously and have a secure defense in place.

The Trojan, named Troj/MacSwp-B (also known as Imunizator), tries to scare Mac users into purchasing unnecessary software by claiming that privacy issues have been discovered on the computer.

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