Trojan Hides In Pirated Copies of Apple iWork '09: Via Slashdot

CWmike writes "Pirated copies of Apple's new iWork '09 suite that are now available on file-sharing sites contain a Trojan horse that hijacks Macs and leaves them open to further attack, a security company said yesterday. The 'iServices.a' Trojan hitchhikes on iWork '09's installer, said Intego, which makes Mac security software. 'The installer for the Trojan horse is launched as soon as a user begins the installation of iWork, following the installer's request of an administrator password,' Intego said in a warning. Once installed, the Trojan "phones home" to a malicious server to notify the hacker that the Mac has been compromised, and to await instructions."

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Editor: For those of you who made the mistake of downlading and installing this infected piece of pirated software, MacRumors has some instructions on how to remove the Trojan. I haven't tried them obviously, so you are on your on with this one.