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iBotnet – Apple Mac OS X Virus Protection Software, Checker, and Scanner

April 24, 2009 · Filed Under AntiVirus & Security
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How to detect iBotnet virus or trojan on my iMac laptop? How to remove or delete iBotnet virus or trojan from my mac os x? Is my mac infected with iBotnet virus? Where to download free iBotnet Virus protection, checker, scanner and software? With a market share of 7.4% and growing, Mac is no longer as secure as what Steve Jobs wants you to believe.

Until recently, the big target always was Microsoft Windows, and Apple computers were protected by “relative obscurity,” he said.

But blogs are buzzing this week about what two Symantec researchers have called the first harmful computer program to strike specifically at Mac.

This Trojan horse program, dubbed the “iBotnet,” has infected only a few thousand Mac machines, but it represents a step in the evolution of malicious computer software, Haley said.

The iBotnet is a sign that harmful programs are moving toward Mac, said Paul Henry, a forensics and security analyst at Lumension Security in Arizona.Source: CNN

iBotnet - Apple Mac OS X Virus Protection Software, Checker, and Scanner

How Do I Remove iBotnet Trojan? The only way to remove is to purchase an antivirus from Symantec Norton or McAfee, alternatively, you can try iAntiVirus by PCTools (parent company is Symantec), it is a FREE antivirus for mac computers, however the only catch is they are slow in updating their database from the latest threat.

So, how did this mac trojan or virus spreads itself? Through pirated software posted on some peer to peer (P2P) networks. The malicious programs, called trojans were found hidden in pirated copies of Apple Computer’s iWork ’09 and Adobe Photoshop CS4. Its not a worm, therefore it doesn’t duplicate itself, for those with a mac computer infected with iBotnet trojan, I would assumed that you’ve downloaded and installed a pirated copy of iWork or Photoshop.