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Who ever said that Mac computers are untouchable? Well, for years, no-decades even, they have been untouchable. No one, not even the savviest of Black Hat hackers would target a Mac computer with one of their virus creations. Until the first ever real virus targeted at a Mac appeared in 2006, that is. Well, that is not really the truth, just the truth Apple wants the public to know. Since then, it has been pretty much open season on Apple's fabled, "un-infectable" Mac OS X computers. Where it All Began: The `80's and `90's The Mac virus timeline starts in 1982 when a 15 year old managed to write the Elk Cloner virus, which affected Apple II computers in their boot sectors. From there, a Mac virus, called nVIR, was spread by inserting infected floppy disks. Later, many variants came around because the source code to the virus was made public. Then the HyperCard virus started infecting the Apple Mac OS 9, from which one version of the virus was programmed to promote Dukakis for President and then self-destruct immediately after deployment. In 1990, the Garfield virus, also known as the MDEF virus, ravaged MAC application and system files. 1995 brought about the first ever accidental (on purpose?) Word macro virus, called Concept, which was shipped by Microsoft on CD ROMs. This one infected both PCs and Macs after which almost all of the variants of this virus were targeted at Mac's Microsoft Office programs. Then came Laroux in 1996 which did not affect Macs until Excel 98 was released and after, the 666 virus, better known as Sevendust, was released in 1998 to affect Mac apps. The New Mac Malware: The 2000's Then came 2004, when viruses for Macs became more involved. Not only were they quantified, but they were better written as well. 2004 brought both the Renepo scripting worm and the Amphimix. These attempted to disable the Mac OS X security which then downloaded hacking tools to give the hackers Admin privileges and a "proof-of-concept" virus which showed how MP3 music files could be used to deploy malicious executable (.exe) code on Apple Mac computers, respectively. 2006 brought the Leap-A, which also has the name of OSX/Oompa-A. It was reported in February of 2006 as the "First ever virus targeted at Mac." This particular virus was also spread using the Mac internet messaging (IM) service called iChat. However, this was not really the first ever Mac virus, but it was the most ever reported. This gave birth to the "proof-of-concept" worm and virus called Inqtana. In 2007, Sophos, a major player in anti-virus software, discovered a macro worm which could infect Windows, Linux, and Mac machines by way of Open Office, a free Word like program. Then, in the same year, BadBunny delivered pornographic photos to Mac OS X machines by way of a Ruby scripting language. Also in the same year, Sophos found and reported Mac targeted financial malware, which was actually written for both Mac and PC computers. 2008 brought the first Mac "scareware" called MacSweeper, which is a type of malware deployed by worms and Trojans to get the user to buy artificial, or rogue, anti-virus programs. Then came the OSX/Hovdy-A Trojan horse, which stole passwords from users of Mac OS X to allow rights to hackers. After that, in the same year, Troj/RKOSX-A, a hacker tool, was reported. Also in the same year, Jahlav Trojan was discovered and Apple begged users to use antivirus software made for Macs. 2009: The Busiest Year Ever for Mac Malware 2009 was an even busier year for those hoping to destroy Mac's reputation of being completely "virus free." The OSX/iWorkS-A was distributed in January by using peer-to-peer software and a pirated (stolen and cracked) version of Apple's iWork `09 word processing software. A new version of the same virus made it to Photoshop CS4 in the same month. March brought versions of the RSPlug Trojan, disguised as the MacCinema HDTV program.June brought a report and discovery of the email worm for Mac OS X called Tored through pornographic videos. This is also known as the DNS Changer Trojan, which ravaged Macs everywhere. Virus and Malware Free? I Don't Think So! Are Macs really virus free? In a word... No. While, yes, it is definitely much more difficult to infect a Mac computer, they are certainly not virus free. If Mac was so virus free as they claim it to be, why would Apple beg their users to use the now built in antivirus software? Moreover, why would BitDefender release a version of anti-virus software just for Mac computers? It is more likely that the virus attacks are not only becoming more wide spread but more dangerous to Mac users as well. Makes you wonder why Apple would make their own antivirus software, maybe one of their people had a hand in making the viruse? Maybe they are jealous of Windows and all the business Microsoft gets from their Defender software? Anti-virus and anti-malware is a huge market, maybe Apple is tired of being left out... Sophos: First Ever Virus for Mac Discovered Sophos: OSX/Leap-A MacUser: BitDefender releases Anti-virus for Mac, Boot Camp Users ZDNet: Mac Attacks : Porn Video Lures Dropping DNS Changer |
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