Posts tagged ‘Malware’

Beware of a company called 7art-screensavers.com. Installing any of their screensavers will install an application called PremierOpinion.

7art-screensavers.com

Some of them specify that you must accept with an OK or Accept button that a “market research” program will be installed too. Not all of them do this, but all do install the malware that can scan your files, record user activity and send notice to remote servers. It can also open a back door on infected Macs.

Integro

April 16, 2010 Intego discovered a new variant of a malware for Mac, called HellRTS. When installed on computers running Mac OS X, HellRTS opens a backdoor that allows remote users to take control of infected Macs and perform actions on them.

VirusBarrier