If you’re a Mac user you need to pay attention to this news. A new trojan called Trojan.Yontoo.1 which installs as a plugin in Safari, Chrome and Firefox is in the wild and is out to do this:
The toxic plugin brings additional ads to the user, part of a money-making scheme if you click on them — but more importantly gives outsiders access to track your Web surfing.
Russian security firm Dr. Web raised the alarm and described how you get infected:
Dr. Web says there are “several ways” for the Trojan to get onto a computer. Among them are movie trailer pages that ask users to install a browser plugin. In fact, “the prompt only imitates a common dialogue displayed when a plugin needs to be installed or additional configuration is necessary. After clicking on ‘Install the plug-in,’ the user is redirected to another site from which Trojan.Yontoo.1 is downloaded.”
The best advice is the usual one that I always give for situations like these. Keep your anti virus software up to date and don’t install untrusted software. Those simple actions will keep you safe.
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Beware! New Mac Trojan Makes The Rounds
If you’re a Mac user you need to pay attention to this news. A new trojan called Trojan.Yontoo.1 which installs as a plugin in Safari, Chrome and Firefox is in the wild and is out to do this:
The toxic plugin brings additional ads to the user, part of a money-making scheme if you click on them — but more importantly gives outsiders access to track your Web surfing.
Russian security firm Dr. Web raised the alarm and described how you get infected:
Dr. Web says there are “several ways” for the Trojan to get onto a computer. Among them are movie trailer pages that ask users to install a browser plugin. In fact, “the prompt only imitates a common dialogue displayed when a plugin needs to be installed or additional configuration is necessary. After clicking on ‘Install the plug-in,’ the user is redirected to another site from which Trojan.Yontoo.1 is downloaded.”
The best advice is the usual one that I always give for situations like these. Keep your anti virus software up to date and don’t install untrusted software. Those simple actions will keep you safe.
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