New OS X Trojan.

Hi all,
Just to cheer you all up, over on the MacRumors site there is talk of a new (the first?) OS X virus.
www.macrumors.com

All goes to prove, if you don't know who is sending you an attachment, or how you got an attachment, don't open it up. Check the sender first that they meant to send you something before opening the attachment, if it is anyone you don't know, and you are sure it isn't spam. If you are sure that it is spam, you shouldn't even open the e-mail.

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Can the JAVA language be used to create trojan, keylogger, virus etc..?

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Please inform my about how secure iCloud is against attached viruses or should I delete my account.

etresoft wrote:
straycat23 wrote:
I downloaded from WineHQ.org.
I doubt that because WineHQ doesn't have any Mac versions of Wine available. They distribute Linux binaries and source. If you downloaded a Mac version, it must have come from somewhere else.
As soon as I downloaded it and the Winebottler, I knew I had problems.
Why?
I took your earlier advice: left OS10.9.1 in place and turned iCloud back on. I hope I made the right decision. I did not delete Kaspersky because OSX did not delete the Trojan or prevent it from being downloaded. Kaspersky did.
But you are in a catch-22 situation here. These forums are full of people reporting problems with computers and antivirus is a very common cause. By comparison, there are far fewer people reporting problems with trojans. Are these programs really trojans? And even if they are, would they cause as much trouble and be as difficult to remove as antivirus? I doubt it
As far as I can tell WineHQ must be a trusted developer, because that is how my computer is set as I previously stated.
I would definitely consider WineHQ to be trustworthy (more so than antivirus vendors) but they definitely do not have an Apple Developer ID that would enable them to distribute software past Gatekeeper. Someone malicious may have repackaged Wine, added trojans, and signed it with a Developer ID. The only way to address that problem is to identify where you got the software so that the illicit Developer ID can be revoked.
I did not download these programs to play games. That's for Millenials. I downloaded these because Windows is a disaster, and I didn't want to load Windows on my computer. There are Windows programs that there is no equivalent in Mac.
It doesn't matter why you downloaded them. If they are Windows programs, you are going to have to run Windows. Wine is a cool project, but very little software actually works on it.
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I downloaded the program from WineHQ. It's in my history. I went back and looked today. I don't think Linux has an iTunes version. I downloaded a program I didn't request that attached itself to iTunes. This is how I knew I had problems.
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New Genius.......Trojan Highjack!!!!!!

Why is there a Trojan horse in beaded in the new add on which is the Genius after i click on a song my versus software indicates a Trojan hijack. The program works however but i just wanted to know why itunes would need to add in such a pain! Could an apple rep. please email me at [email protected] Thanks!!!

I doubt iTunes is really is doing that but it is doing something similar to that trojan.
Post over here -> http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Index

New Mac Trojan

http://www.zdnet.com/new-mac-trojan-installs-silently-no-password-required-70000 01519/
How to protect yourself.
1) Launch the Terminal app
2) Enter in the command line
sudo ipfw add 1000 deny all from any to 176.58.100.37
3)Enter Password
Your firewall is now updated to protect against this trojan.

As Terence says, a trojan is NOT a virus.
It may seem like a minor distinction, but a virus can come onto a computer via an e-mail attachment, embedded into an email, or something loaded from the internet, CD/DVD, USB drive, etc., then replicate itself to, say, everyone in your address book, +all without any action by you+. There are hundreds of thousands of them for PCs. At the moment, for Macs there are exactly zero known viruses. None. Zip. Zilch. So don't panic.
It is possible, though, for you to get one of these. It won't do any harm on your Mac, but if you send it to a PC user, it may spread. If you want, you can get anti-virus software for this purpose. The one I see recommended most is ClamXav, and is free. Like many Mac users, I don't run any.
There is malware, including trojans, for Macs, though far fewer than for PCs. As reported, all these require some action by you -- and in those cases where they come with pirated software, you obviously would have to be a thief, too (poetic justice?).
Here's a similar thread, with some recommendations: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1797574

NEW APPLE TROJAN DISCOVERED

A newly identified Mac OS X Trojan bundles a component that leverages the processing power of video cards (GPUs) to generate Bitcoins, a popular type of virtual currency.
The new Trojan was dubbed DevilRobber by antivirus vendors and is being distributed together with several software applications via BitTorrent sites.
“This malware is complex, and performs many operations,” security researchers from Mac antivirus vendor Intego warned. “It is a combination of several types of malware: It is a Trojan horse, since it is hidden inside other applications; it is a backdoor, as it opens ports and can accept commands from command and control servers; it is a stealer, as it steals data and Bitcoin virtual money; and it is a spyware, as it sends personal data to remote servers,” they explained.
The Bitcoin mining program that DevilRobber installs on infected computers is called DiabloMiner and is a legitimate Java-based application used in the virtual currency’s production.
Bitcoin is a form of virtual cash that can be exchanged by users without the need for an intermediary bank or payment service. Bitcoins are actually cryptographic hashes that get generated piece by piece using specialized programs like DiabloMiner, according to a public algorithm.
One Bitcoin is currently valued at around $3.20, and it is a good source of profit for both Bitcoin miners, who legitimately use their computer resources to generate them, and cybercriminals who steal them.
The DevilRobber trojan steals processing power, which can lead to slow computer performance, as well as actual Bitcoins, which are kept in virtual wallets on the victim’s machine.

Credit ProtectMac with this description:
New Mac OS X Trojan distributed via BitTorrent file-sharing sites
01/11/11 12:13
A new Mac OS X Trojan has been discovered on BitTorrent sites. The threat, dubbed OSX.DevilRobber or OSX.Miner, has appeared within legitimate copies of GraphicConverter v7.4, Flux v3.2.5 and CorelPainter v12, which the virus writer has modified and posted on the file-sharing websites. The Trojan is installed on your computer when the parent application’s installer is run.
The threat appears to be quite sophisticated, adopting a multi-pronged approach to harvesting personal details from your computer, including stored information from encryption software and Safari, and sends this to a remote server. In addition, the Trojan utilizes your Graphics processor (GPU) to perform calculations required to undertake bitcoin mining, hence the name. If it discovers a bitcoin wallet it will save that, too.
If your Mac becomes infected by this Trojan then the first thing you may notice is a sluggishness as it performs the bitcoin permutations required for ‘mining’. Check for the presence of a folder in your login user area called ~/Library/mdsa1331/ and a launch agent file in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ that looks unfamiliar. The current version of the trojan creates a startup file, which at first glance appears to have come from Apple, com.apple.legion.plist.
Interestingly, the Trojan script exits if it detects that LittleSnitch, a network analyzing tool, is installed on your Mac. Presumably this is because it will highlight network traffic and raise awareness of the Trojan’s presence in the wild.
As always, we advise extreme caution when downloading software from file-sharing websites as you don’t always get what you expect. Unfortunately in this case you get a lot more than you bargained for!
ProtectMac AntiVirus detects this new Trojan as OSX.DevilRobber.
Participants in this forum discussion appear to have been infected by a different version.

New OS X Trojan.

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