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Dangerous Trojan Linked to Illegal Copies of iWork '09
Posted 01/23/2009 at 10:46:57am | by Florence Ion


Attention all pirates! Stop pirating!  According to Intego, A new Trojan attack has been linked with illegal copies of iWork ’09.

Some copies of iWork found on BitTorrent sites contain OSX.Trojan.iServices.A, which masquerades itself as iWorkServices. The application asks for an administrative password and users may be able to bypass it, but those running Mac OS X 10.5.1 will not have that option.

iWorkServices allows itself full access to the system, and connects to a remote server to allow the hacker on the other side to have full access to the user’s computer. Malware may also be installed on the victim’s computer.

Over 20,000 people are believed to have downloaded infected copies of iWork ’09. Intego warns that the Trojan is a serious threat.
COMMENTS: 6
TAGS:  Security, iWork
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avatarHmmm

Submitted by MacAddict4Life on Fri, 2009-01-23 10:05

I'm pretty sure it IS released. Since it is listed on the Apple site as "Usually ships in 24 hours."

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avatariLife 09'

Submitted by mckennaj93 on Fri, 2009-01-23 17:16

It's not released. I pre-ordered the product and it ships Feb. 2. So there's no way it's released.

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avatariWork not iLife

Submitted by hawkwood on Fri, 2009-01-23 18:47

Check again, iWork is released (as MacAddictFLife stated), where as iLife is still in pre-order.

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avatarpiracy

Submitted by duke_seb on Sat, 2009-01-24 08:28

Ok..... I dont get all these posts about this trojan....... i mean who is downloading iwork pirated..... i mean if you were going to pirate why wouldnt you just download the trial right from apple and enter a serial

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avatarA fear that they will

Submitted by MacAddict4Life on Mon, 2009-01-26 10:56

A fear that they will release an update that disables known-compromised serial numbers? If you downloaded the now serial-free retail version, you wouldn't have to worry about that.

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