This shows the need for an up-to-date anti-malware program with a real-time scanner that can detect this malware when it is downloaded by the original application’s installer.” OSX/OpinionSpy – Mac OS X Spyware Details The spyware itself is not contained in these applications, but is downloaded during the installation process. Intego provided additional details of the behavior of the spyware application as, “OSX/OpinionSpy is installed by a number of applications and screen savers that are distributed on sites such as MacUpdate, VersionTracker and Softpedia. This spyware, OSX/OpinionSpy, performs a number of malicious actions, from scanning files to recording user activity, as well as sending information about this activity to remote servers and opening a backdoor on infected Macs.” Researchers from Intego, developers of Intenet security and privacy software for Macs, announced their findings ina a security alert on Jentitled, “OSX/OpinionSpy Spyware Installed by Freely Distributed Mac Applications.”Īccording to the Intego alert the company discovered “a spyware application that is installed by a number of freely distributed Mac applications and screen savers found on a variety of websites. ![]() A recently discovered Mac spyware application targeted at Apple Mac OSX users is being distributed in free Mac applications found on a variety of shareware websites.
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