Pirated iWork has infected thousands of Macs
Posted: January 26th, 2009 | Tags: Malware, Trojan |Intego company , the developer of security software for Mac OS X, warns about occurrence of the pirated version of office package iWork ‘ 09, containing the Trojan program.
According to Intego, the pirated release of iWork ‘ 09 has been downloaded through file exchange networks at least 20 thousand times. In the course of package installation in the computer registers trojan OSX.Trojan.iServices.A, allocated with the rights of the administrator. After activation the malicious program communicates with the authors and opens a «back door» in system. It allows malefactors to carry out various destructive operations on the computer of a victim. Besides, trojan can load additional components.
Company Intego underlines that the harmful program is not capable to extend independently. Infection occurs only in the event that the owner of “Poppy” himself activates process of installation of the piracy version iWork ‘ 09.
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