Interesting OS X Trojan DNS changer

[bhaveshp]

Found this via Macintouch http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/...d14may2008. I don't think this is new, but nevertheless a sign of things to come.

As the F-secure site states, this is a social engineering trojan, fooling people into installing it on a false premise.

Description with screenshots: http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojan_o...nger.shtml

Removal tool (haven't tried it):
http://www.dnschanger.com/

[john-o]

Wow, is that for real?? Pretty scary, as I can imagine thousands of people falling prey to that sort of thing...

[cbelt3]

Real and incredibly common for Windows machines as well. Since most 'infected' sites are serving up pr0n, think of it as a social disease.

[jdc]

downloading and installing something you are not sure of is a great way to break any computer

you just gave it permission to enter your mac...

[The UnDoug]

Yeah, is there any way that any O.S. can really be immune to this type of thing?

I'm thinking not.

[ztirffritz]

The weakest link in any computer model is the part between the chair and the keyboard...

[incognegro]

Unlike on Windows, where it installs in the background without your password needed.