Mac owners are threatened by a Trojan capable of stealing passwords from Google or Paypal

New malware is a descendant of Flashback, a Trojan discovered in September, but the rate at which infected computers is higher than back then. Trojan tries to take control of Macs in three ways.. Two of these exploits vulnerability in the Java programming language used by many websites to provide interactive, and does not require user intervention to succeed. If Java is not installed or if security updates are all done, a new variant, Flashback.G trying to trick the user to install it, showing fake security clearance, which seems to come from Apple. Most people clicked without flash and thus allow the installation. Mac users have the latest version of OS X, Snow Leopard, the highest risk of infecting their computer, because Java was included as part of the installation package for the first time. If a Mac is infected, programs such as Safari or Skype will block a lot.

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