Anyone with a Mac -- If you have guest account enabled, disable it until Apple sends an update to OS

[LiberalArkie]

The 0 day trojan can only affect the computer if it can log in. If you have guest enabled, then if it finds your ip address it already knows the login "guest".

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. How do you do that?

[Auggie]

3. Apple Menu > System Preferences > Users & Groups ...

Unlock the dialog window using your administrator password, and turn "Guest User" off in the Login Options window. I figured it out in two minutes. Easy.

Thanks for the update, LiberalArkie.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Thanks!

[LiberalArkie]

4. just open system preferences

Select Users & Groups

If you have Guest enabled just uncheck "Allow guests to log into this computer"

If the section is locked, you may need to put in the admin password when you click the lock symbol

[hobbit709]

2. Macs don't get viruses, doncha know?

[LiberalArkie]

6. Not a virus, it is a trojan. The ass that found it decided to publish it without

notifying Apple or anyone. So now all the little script kiddies are having a field day.

[hobbit709]

7. The difference is that a trojan doesn't replicate itself. Malware is still malware.

[LiberalArkie]

8. At least that is what they are guessing, Some guys got a sample

and that is how they found that it could enter via guest account. Still early in the game to know much about it I guess. But they said it had to get in with an account so it could make itself Root. El Capitan is not affected as it is rootless.

[littlewolf]

9. thanks using old O/S Lion .. but did it anyway just to be safe. nt

[LiberalArkie]

10. Lion was a great system.

[TexasProgresive]

11. You might cross post this in the MAC group

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1096

[TexasProgresive]

12. Thanks, just did both MACs in the house

I wasn't aware that there was a guest account. It can stay disabled forever as far as I am concerned.