Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 18th Apr 2009 09:27 UTC
Mac OS X Remember the Mac trojan that we reported about earlier this year? A trojan was found piggybacking on the back of copies of iWork and Photoshop CS4 found on warez sites and networks, and it would install itself after the user had entered his or her administrator password during the software's installation. This trojan didn't seem like much of a threat back then, but as it turns out, it's now in use in the first Macintosh botnet.
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RE[2]: Hmmmm...
by ephracis on Sat 18th Apr 2009 12:22 UTC in reply to "RE: Hmmmm..."
ephracis
Member since:
2007-09-23

Also, there's no software to save us from viruses that we don't know about. Security holes that haven't been disclosed to the public.

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RE[3]: Hmmmm...
by dvzt on Sat 18th Apr 2009 12:41 in reply to "RE[2]: Hmmmm..."
dvzt Member since:
2008-10-23

What about heuristic analysis?

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RE[4]: Hmmmm...
by sbenitezb on Sat 18th Apr 2009 13:29 in reply to "RE[3]: Hmmmm..."
sbenitezb Member since:
2005-07-22

How about not borking the system with useless computations? The system should be safe by design. If the user finally downloads illegal content which might have a trojan embedded, then it's the users fault. Other users shouldn't be punished because of them.

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RE[4]: Hmmmm...
by Alleister on Sat 18th Apr 2009 16:46 in reply to "RE[3]: Hmmmm..."
Alleister Member since:
2006-05-29

Heuristics in all the antivirus products on the market raise almost exclusive false positives... which is why i think they are there. Who would buy antivirus software if they aren't confronted with a "virus" from time to time.

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