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The users who are most likely to be infected by this stuff are the same users that Apple caters to in person in their stores. Many Apple customers (at least the

by maqr 15y ago

The users who are most likely to be infected by this stuff are the same users that Apple caters to in person in their stores. Many Apple customers (at least the ones that I know) have become used to in-store "geniuses" fixing their difficult computer problems -- setting up their email, installing software, that kind of thing. This is going to be very difficult for Apple stores to handle.

furyg3 15y ago
It's not really that hard, Windows support guys have been doing it forever. And, like almost everything else, it's easier on a mac (my mom got this malware... on mother's day) The problem is: naive user + attack vector (bad default Safari options) + malicious attacker (advertising network). The solution is: * Cleanup - Kill process form activity monitor, delete app from Applications, and installers from Downloads folder (kinda shocked that there isn't more to it). * Inform - Teach user about basic practices. * Close vector - Safari's Automatically open safe files after download checkbox. * Block attacker - Install AdBlock for Safari (Bonus points). All of the above, except the 'informing' part, takes all of two minutes to do, so I think the "Geniuses" at the Apple Stores can manage. To those entrepreneurs whose business model is based on ads... sorry, but Adblock is the new Antivirus. I install it alongside any software updates or antivirus software (even on Macs, now).
- beaumartinez 15y ago
  > Cleanup [...] kinda shocked that there isn't more to it. Perhaps not with this "first generation" of OS X malware. On Windows some malware replicate to files and have other self-preservation quirks making anti-malware software necessary. > I think the "Geniuses" at the Apple Stores can manage. Against simple malware, yes. When crackers start investing time and effort into their malware (like on Windows), it'll be a different case altogether.

by maqr 15y ago

furyg3 15y ago

It's not really that hard, Windows support guys have been doing it forever. And, like almost everything else, it's easier on a mac (my mom got this malware... on mother's day) The problem is: naive user + attack vector (bad default Safari options) + malicious attacker (advertising network). The solution is: * Cleanup - Kill process form activity monitor, delete app from Applications, and installers from Downloads folder (kinda shocked that there isn't more to it). * Inform - Teach user about basic practices. * Close vector - Safari's Automatically open safe files after download checkbox. * Block attacker - Install AdBlock for Safari (Bonus points). All of the above, except the 'informing' part, takes all of two minutes to do, so I think the "Geniuses" at the Apple Stores can manage. To those entrepreneurs whose business model is based on ads... sorry, but Adblock is the new Antivirus. I install it alongside any software updates or antivirus software (even on Macs, now).

beaumartinez 15y ago
> Cleanup [...] kinda shocked that there isn't more to it. Perhaps not with this "first generation" of OS X malware. On Windows some malware replicate to files and have other self-preservation quirks making anti-malware software necessary. > I think the "Geniuses" at the Apple Stores can manage. Against simple malware, yes. When crackers start investing time and effort into their malware (like on Windows), it'll be a different case altogether.