Malware Attacks Apple Computer’s Mac OS X

Malware is one of the biggest threats to the computer users along with the viruses. It mess up things by hijacking the browser, redirecting the search attempts, serving up the nasty pop‐up ads and tracking what websites we visit. Malware is programmed in such a way that it reduces the speed of the processes which in turn reduces the efficiency of the operating system. Many of them will reinstall themselves even after you think you have removed them, or hide themselves deep within Windows, making them very difficult to clean.

My article is about a malware called Leap‐A. I chose this article because this is something which enlightened me. I always thought Mac OS is one of the most robust and secure operating system. But a malicious program that could be the first Trojan in the wild to target Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system. The program is not a virus but rather is software which spreads through iChat as a compressed file and requires to be downloaded and executed .Even though the kind of threat is minimal from this malware this is a kind of wakeup call as it is the first OS X malicious content in the wild that's been noted at this point

But the majority of the malware programs must be installed by the user otherwise it can’t enter your system .Unfortunately, getting infected with malware is usually much easier than getting rid of it, and once you get malware on your computer it tends to multiply.

The link to the article is posted below.

References:

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,39311184,00.htm

http://www.macworld.com/article/49459/2006/02/leapafaq.html