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Machines compromised by the Tsunmai Trojan?
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<blockquote data-quote="substance" data-source="post: 1317453" data-attributes="member: 220558"><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/26/tsunami_mac_backdoor/" target="_blank">Tsunami Trojan: First Mac attack based on Linux crack ? The Register</a></p><p></p><p>My fiances mac seems to have been compromised by this trojan. I've seen plenty of reports about this backdoor existing that have popped up over the last few days but nothing of anyone who may have experienced it. Before I go on please forgive my lack of knowledge of all things technical and my layman terms but something is very wrong with my fiances machine, which coincides with this backdoor coming to light as well as a few others in the apple store having the same problems.</p><p></p><p>There's been signs that my fiance's mac had been hijacked a few days ago with strange messages, screwing with internet settings, hard drive modifications, strange user logs left behind, cell phone been synced up, then a gloved curser appearing and clicking on items on her desktop. Then last night it just wouldn't boot. It seems to me someone has remote access and has screwed about with it and the couple in the store with her reported the same problems. The guy had his hard drive already wiped twice and osc reinstalled twice by the apple guys in the last couple of days but this problem persisted. </p><p></p><p>My fiances was wiped, reinstalled and has got it home only to noticed the same has begun happening again. We're both worried and unsettled by this and it just seems odd that there's plenty of articles about this backdoor existing but little in the way of people who've dealt with it. Forgive me being cheeky and using my first post to ask this but we're very concerned about this and are looking for a fix for this. </p><p></p><p>If anyone can help in anyway at all it'll be much appreciated.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thank you</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="substance, post: 1317453, member: 220558"] [url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/26/tsunami_mac_backdoor/]Tsunami Trojan: First Mac attack based on Linux crack ? The Register[/url] My fiances mac seems to have been compromised by this trojan. I've seen plenty of reports about this backdoor existing that have popped up over the last few days but nothing of anyone who may have experienced it. Before I go on please forgive my lack of knowledge of all things technical and my layman terms but something is very wrong with my fiances machine, which coincides with this backdoor coming to light as well as a few others in the apple store having the same problems. There's been signs that my fiance's mac had been hijacked a few days ago with strange messages, screwing with internet settings, hard drive modifications, strange user logs left behind, cell phone been synced up, then a gloved curser appearing and clicking on items on her desktop. Then last night it just wouldn't boot. It seems to me someone has remote access and has screwed about with it and the couple in the store with her reported the same problems. The guy had his hard drive already wiped twice and osc reinstalled twice by the apple guys in the last couple of days but this problem persisted. My fiances was wiped, reinstalled and has got it home only to noticed the same has begun happening again. We're both worried and unsettled by this and it just seems odd that there's plenty of articles about this backdoor existing but little in the way of people who've dealt with it. Forgive me being cheeky and using my first post to ask this but we're very concerned about this and are looking for a fix for this. If anyone can help in anyway at all it'll be much appreciated. Thank you [/QUOTE]
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