It is not the first one, a few months ago a Mac Trojan horse that redirect Google sites to fraudulent server after posed itself as an installer application for Adobe Flash.
Now, a new one has discovered by Intego. The new Trojan for OS X does pretty much the same thing: masquerades as a Flash Player installer to trick people into installing the program, but this new one is a bit more complex:
- The new Trojan changes one file on the system, deactivates network security features, and then installs a dyld library that will run and inject code into applications that the user is running.
- The Trojan will also try to send personal information and machine-specific information to remote servers.
If you need Adobe Flash on your system, just do the following:
- Use Adobe’s Web site and get it from a trusted source like this.
- Turn off Safari’s auto-open command, In Safari, go to the General section of the preferences and uncheck the option to “Open safe files after downloading.” While this will not open applications, if checked it will open documents and media that may contain executable code, and turning it off is recommended.
- Install a malware scanner
- Never trust a program
Via [cnet]
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