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Title: Intego Security Alert: OSX/OpinionSpy Spyware Installed by Freely Distributed Mac Applications
Post by: HCK on June 01, 2010, 03:00:15 pm
Intego Security Alert: OSX/OpinionSpy Spyware Installed by Freely Distributed Mac Applications
      


Malware: OSX/OpinionSpy
Risk: High
Description: Intego has discovered a spyware application that is installed by a number of freely distributed Mac applications and screen savers found on a variety of websites. This spyware, OSX/OpinionSpy, performs a number of malicious actions, from scanning files to recording user activity, as well as sending information about this activity to remote [...]
      

http://blog.intego.com/2010/06/01/intego-security-alert-osxopinionspy-spyware-installed-by-freely-distributed-mac-applications/