Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Important Announcement:Mac trojan horse discovered in pirated Photoshop

Trojan Horse...
by Peter Cohen, Macworld.com
Security software firm Intego reports that pirated copies of Adobe Photoshop CS4 may contain a variant of the “trojan horse” malware first reported in copies of Apple iWork ‘09 last week.
OSX.Trojan.iServices.B is what the malware is being called. It affects some copies of Adobe Photoshop that are being distributed through pirate software sites. According to Intego, “The actual Photoshop installer is clean, but the Trojan horse is found in a crack application that serializes the program....” The complete article and a lot more at MacWorld.com

I been using the Intego Security Software for some years now and I believe if they reported maybe a Trojan Horse I take it seriously.

Another valuable lesson dont buy pirated software, it can even effect your Mac.
GD

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