Apple has enhanced Mac OS X to protect the system from malicious software

Once held in June in Moscow, the raid on the offices of the online payment operator ChronoPay, accused of spread malware for Mac OS X MacDefender, security problems such as the Mac is not It arises. Until very recently - when at the beginning of August was not detected a new Trojan. It has identified anti-virus company F-Secure.

This malicious program is called «OSX.QHost. WB.A »and it is disguised as a setup file Flash Player. In fact, with the help of the hosts file in Mac OS X is updated and when you try to open some sites Google directs users to the IP-address in the Netherlands. On this server is running IP-address, which opens a fake web page, similar to the unknown. But with them on a Mac loaded ordinary spam is likely to advertising messages.

The threat of this Trojan is not so great, but still a little pleasant in the penetration of another's junk software in the computer and the inability to get rid of it yourself. Especially when it comes to non-technical users. As a result, in order to help its customers, Apple promptly amended the «XProtect.plist» file containing information about malware, which recognizes the Mac operating system. These changes - the first such significant since MacDefender detection.

It should also be noted that in order to ensure a higher level of protection for Mac OS X Apple has released an update Security Update 2011-003, which It allows the OS to check daily for changes in «XProtect.plist» file to ensure the most current security to combat Mac computers from malware programs.

[MacRumors]