Mac OS X discovered the most dangerous Trojan

Although jobs has gone, Apple's aura is still there, and hackers are still harassing Apple. Apple iOS has recently uncovered a security leak, and if IPhone and iPad users accidentally download malicious programs from hackers, they will cause personal data to be exposed.

At the same time, for the Apple Trojan is also raging, well-known information security manufacturers Kaspersky recently released the "October Malware Report", which shows that the most dangerous Mac OS X Trojan Horse flashfake New varieties, Known as TROJAN-DOWNLOADER.OSX.FLASHFAKE.D. The Trojan will be disguised as Adobe Flash player installation files. As with previous versions, the main function of the latest variant of the Trojan is still to download other files to the infected computer.

However, the new variant also has a new function to turn off the Mac's own protective system xprotect. XPROETCT is a simple feature-scanning module that updates every day. Once the protection system is shut down, the system will not be able to receive updates from Apple. And the developers of the xprotect system have not added a self-defense mechanism to it, making it easy to shut down. Once the TROJAN-DOWNLOADER.OSX.FLASHFAKE.D infects the computer, it will not only protect itself from being deleted, but will also shut down system defenses, making the system more susceptible to other malware programs. If the Mac system's own protection system is not closed, you can intercept these malicious programs.

The latest Trojan variant is more dangerous than other OS X malware. Kaspersky remind the vast number of Mac users, to improve security awareness, usually do not browse and click unknown Web pages, procedures and so on. Also to install professional Mac security software, Kaspersky Mac anti-virus software is a good choice, can protect Mac users of all valuable files, sensitive information, music and pictures, and prevent the virus infection and spread.