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Variant of Boonana Virus Found on the Mac

Posted 11/04/2010 at 8:32am | by Cory Bohon

For the second time in just over a week, a second virus has been found on the Mac. Trojan.osx.boonana.b is a variant of the malware that was discovered last week called Boonana. While SecureMac notes the malware appears similar to the Koobface virus that struck Windows in 2008, it is not the same. Rather, Boonana appears to be unique.

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How To Disable Java in your Mac Web Browser

Posted 10/29/2010 at 2:47pm | by Cory Bohon

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With the announcement of a potentially harmful virus floating about the internet this week, many Mac users have been weary of watching online videos via links to external sites, especially those on social networking websites like Facebook. However, this virus can be all but stopped by simply turning off Java code execution in your web browser of choice, according to SecureMac. That’s why we would like to show you how easy it can be to protect yourself from Java-based viruses originating from your web browser through applets.

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Security Alert: New Trojan Horse on Mac OS X Spread Through Social Networks

Posted 10/27/2010 at 10:45am | by Cory Bohon

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It's not often that you hear of a virus for the Mac, but according to a Secure Mac security bulletin, a new trojan virus has been detected on the Mac. The bulletin notes that the virus is spread through social networking websites like Facebook and is disguised as a video.

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A Great Game...If You're About to Reformat Your Hard Drive

Posted 11/05/2009 at 7:40pm | by J Keirn-Swanson

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While the argument rages in the comments sections at various blogs about whether or not a new game, created for a Master of Fine Arts final project, is malware or not, we're still searching for someone to test it out on their Mac.

Don't look at us. There's not the slightest chance we'd ever click on that link.

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