Dr. Web has found a new Trojan for Mac

If on your Mac began appearing advertising images on sites where they usually do not appear, there is a risk that the computer was infected Trojan.Yontoo.1. The program has been identified by the Russian company Dr. Web. The experts did not provide data on the number of infected computers.

While Dr. Web is the only company, which reported on the existence of the virus, so that the threat is likely not too common. However, its identification eloquently shows that contemporary Mac users are increasingly becoming the target of hackers.

Trojan.Yontoo.1 works simply. Users are invited to the program installer as a plugin for the browser. This usually happens when a person comes to specific Web sites that should show trailers for films. The installer may appear directly in the media player or in an accelerator downloads. The program asks the user if he wants to carry out installation Free Twit Tube. After that, the Trojan is downloaded from the network and is installed as a plugin on all browsers, including Safari, Firefox and Chrome.