Sophos

Troj/RKOSX-A

Aliases
  • OSX.TrojanKit.Malez
  • OSX.Lamzev.A
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Macintosh
Characteristics
  • Drops more malware
Protection available since 29 August 2008 20:58:44 (GMT)
Last updated 19 November 2008 11:12:24 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

The Troj/RKOSX-A tool allows a user of an Apple computer to associate a backdoor component of Troj/RKOSX-A with another, legitimate, application on the computer.

This component will then be run whenever the compromised application is started, and allows a remote attacker access to the computer.

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