A little different from the windows that pop up and show signs of being for the wrong OS...
Scary point is that the malware is loaded when the user installs an app the user really wants to have, a legitimate piece of software that has been modified to install the malware too. --Don On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> wrote: > So wait - you go to a site, get redirected to another site which has nothing > to do with the original site, which then downloads a program that has > nothing to do with the original site, & then, IF you install that program > (which on a Mac should require you to enter your Admin password), you’re > infected. > > I guess some people are that stupid, but Jesus… > > Scott > -- > R. Scott Granneman > [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com > Contact info: granneman.tel > > “It is too constricting to say that you must always think outside the box; > whether you are thinking inside or outside the box, you are still letting > the box dictate your thoughts, are you not?” > ---Erica Amelia Smith, in An Address as to the Nature of the ‘Proper’ > Uses of Technology > > > On 8 Sep 2014, at 22:07, Mike B. wrote: > >> Kyle and Stan on many websites including Amazon: >> >> >> http://blogs.cisco.com/security/kyle-and-stan/ >> -- -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Central West End Linux Users Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
