PCWorld.com – Help! I’ve Been Web-Jacked

“I heard my hard drive churning and clicked on my task manager and saw three executable programs were installing themselves,” says Chris Brandon of Brandon Internet Services. “I knew I was in trouble when I couldn’t get my task manager to cancel the programs.”

By the time he checked his registry, the Trojan had installed dozens of programs that replaced the default Web page with its own, and loaded its own IP addresses in his favorite places, short cuts and safe zones. When he tried to erase the programs and reboot the machine, the virus reinstalled.

I love my Mac mostly for how it works and lets me work. However, I am increasingly grateful for the extra security it provides. Even if someone wrote a virus like this for the Mac operating system, it couldn’t do this much damage because it wouldn’t have access to the important files for it. This is where we need international regulations. Invasions like this are far worse than stealing.