Comments on: Latest Threat: MacCinema

By: Mac malware authors still plugging away | Naked Security

Mac malware authors still plugging away | Naked Security — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:35:47 +0000

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By: Daniel Lakstins

Daniel Lakstins — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:26:40 +0000

How to get rid of MacCinema? Clamxav!
Apple support told me to download Clamxav (by Apple): http://www.clamxav.com/index.php?page=dl
It worked. And it’s free!

By: dm33

dm33 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:56:52 +0000

Whoa. I had NEVER seen any Mac malware out in the wild. I try to be VERY security conscious.

I downloaded an app that sounded not quite right and I started digging through the innards of the install package and found that it is an installer for this MacCinema malware.

This is why I intensely dislike installer packages. Apple should discourage, rather than encourage their use. Once code is running the user doesn’t have control over what the installer does. Especially in this case where it looks like it requests root access. No way.

This has rocked my world. Do you have a suggestion for a malware scanner? Looks like I need something. I was lucky this time.

By: “MacCinema” update … « Threat Researcher

“MacCinema” update … « Threat Researcher — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:01:15 +0000

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