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Sophos: Mac trojan found
Security firm Sophos reports on a Mac trojan Mac/Cowhand-A. It is described as a proxy trojan that “may copy itself to the user’s Preferences folder. In order to run itself on startup, the Trojan may add itself to the user’s Startup Items.”
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Sophos virus analysis: Mac/Cowhand-A
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To be honest, it sounds a lot like Sophos trying to beef up sales of Mac anti-virus products… They don’t specify how it spreads, they don’t specify how you can become infected, and they don’t specify what it does. I begin to wonder if it really exists?
Bob