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Title: Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins Post by: Vod on November 01, 2011, 04:57:33 AM Quote A newly identified Mac OS X Trojan bundles a component that leverages the processing power of video cards (GPUs) to generate Bitcoins, a popular type of virtual currency. The new Trojan was dubbed DevilRobber by antivirus vendors and is being distributed together with several software applications via BitTorrent sites. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/405849/mac_os_x_trojan_steals_processing_power_produce_bitcoins Title: Re: Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins Post by: Vod on November 01, 2011, 05:59:27 AM Wow - people on /. really don't like bitcoins!
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/01/028212/new-mac-os-trojan-produces-bitcoins Title: Re: Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins Post by: Gabi on November 01, 2011, 09:36:50 AM How is that possible? Mac has NO VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least, that bullshit is what you keep hearing in the "applestore" ::) Title: Re: Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins Post by: Blinken on November 01, 2011, 05:35:34 PM You are a bitcoin miner and didn't even know it. :D
Title: Re: Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins Post by: amazingrando on November 01, 2011, 05:52:11 PM Seems like this kind of thing was inevitable. Because it depends on a user with a Mac with ATI graphics and the user not noticing high GPU usage, it seems like this probably won't be that profitable. Part the sucks the most is the uninformed started to associate the bitcoins with a virus. We need good associations/press, not things like this.
Title: Re: Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins Post by: Raoul Duke on November 01, 2011, 05:53:05 PM A fool and his Mac are soon infected...
Title: Re: Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins Post by: Red Emerald on November 01, 2011, 06:06:10 PM How is that possible? Mac has NO VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least, that bullshit is what you keep hearing in the "applestore" ::) trojan != virus Title: Re: Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins Post by: DeathAndTaxes on November 01, 2011, 06:09:55 PM How is that possible? Mac has NO VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least, that bullshit is what you keep hearing in the "applestore" ::) trojan != virus The general public really doesn't care. Bitoin is being linked w/ malware and that can only be bad for adoption. Title: Re: Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins Post by: cruikshank on November 01, 2011, 06:17:54 PM Seems like this kind of thing was inevitable. Because it depends on a user with a Mac with ATI graphics and the user not noticing high GPU usage, it seems like this probably won't be that profitable. Part the sucks the most is the uninformed started to associate the bitcoins with a virus. We need good associations/press, not things like this. Wouldn't be hard to limit how much GPU power the miner uses to specifically prevent anyone from notice. A lot of malware these days are doing about the same thing by cleaning and patching competing bots off of peoples computers so that the infected computer won't get too slow, which is often the only hint a lot of people have they are infected. |