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Will Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard include antivirus protection?

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the newest version of the Mac operating system that goes on sale Friday, may contain an antivirus scanner application, according to several security blogs that cover Macs.

The rumor mills started working due to a screen shot showing what appears to be an antivirus scanner on Snow Leopard detecting a Trojan download from the Safari web browser. The screen shot shows the scanner identifying the Trojan as OSX.RSPlug.A.

OSX.RSPlug.A, also known as OSX/Puper, has been spotted by security researchers disguised as a Mac Cinema installer that attempts to download other malware.

According to security researchers at McAfee, the attack appears to users as a disk image, which launches an installer application for the phony Mac Cinema software. Once the installer completes its task, the user becomes infected with a script file named AdobeFlash.

Other Mac malware, known as Jahlav, has been seen in the wild posing as pirated versions of legitimate applications.

The Jahlav Trojan modifies a Mac's DNS settings, allowing Mac users to be victimized by phishing attacks or surreptitiously redirected to websites hosting malicious exploits, Trend Micro reported on its malware blog.
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