Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs and counting

Re:Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs ... by FireBeyond on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @08:13PM (#3800598)

And almost no Windows "malware" in the last decade has been a traditional "virus" either. Trojans, social engineering, all so much easier.

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Re:Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs ... by eli on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @09:12PM (#3800770)

I disagree. Visiting a malicious website or opening an email that exploits a vulnerability in your os or software is very common.

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Re:Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs ... by FireBeyond on Thursday April 05, 2012 @12:41AM (#3801335)

Citation? The last thing along those lines I'd heard of was the PNG(?) exploit.

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Re:Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs ... by eli on Thursday April 05, 2012 @09:07AM (#3802372)

Well, for one, the Java vulnerability discussed in linked article is actively being exploited on Windows to install that obnoxious fake "Antivirus 2012" malware.

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Re:Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs ... by DanBC on Thursday April 05, 2012 @06:26AM (#3802003)

And those are not viruses unless they self-replicate.

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Re:Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs ... by enfoster on Thursday April 05, 2012 @12:13AM (#3801273)

I would consider the series of Sasser and Bagle worms during 2004 to be a traditional virus.

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Re:Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs ... by ZephyrP on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @09:05PM (#3800755)

Exploit kits are big these days!

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