Multiplying Mac Trojan not epidemic yet

If Mac users thought the Trojan discovered last week was a one-off, they'll need to think again.

Security firm F-Secure has discovered 32 variants of it, but claims about its powers have been wildly overstated, according to experts.

"Looks like the Mac Trojan we posted about last week was not an isolated incident. The gang behind it seems serious about targeting Mac users as well as Windows users. And they keep putting out slightly modified versions of the Trojan for the Mac too," Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, wrote in his blog this week.

Last week, Mac security software vendor Intego discovered a Trojan designed for Mac OS X being distributed via porn sites.

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