SecureMac has introduced a free Trojan Detection Tool for Mac OS X. The trojan also installs a watchdog process that ensures the victim's (that's you!) DNS records stay modified on a minute-by-minute basis. If you allow a Trojan to be installed, the user's DNS records can be modified, redirecting incoming internet traffic through the attacker's servers, where it can be hijacked and injected with malicious websites and pornographic advertisements. However, the appearance of Trojans and other malware thatĬan possibly infect a Mac seems to be growing, but is a completely different issue to viruses.
To prevent this all you need is the free anti-virus utility ClamXav, which you can download from:
It is possible, however, to pass on a Windows virus to another Windows user, for example through an email attachment.
in anything other than laboratory conditions. No viruses that can attack OS X have so far been detected 'in the wild', i.e.
