> The current threat from this malware is actually quite low at the moment, as the backdoor would need to be installed by someone with physical access to your machine. Intego notes that it could be deployed as a trojan, using social engineering to convince an unsuspecting user that the installer is actually something else.
via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/new-potential-malware-could-open-a-back-door-to-your-mac.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)
I continue to believe that common sense will do you a lot better as a Mac user than any anti-virus software. The only people who are concerned about viruses on the Mac are the people who write anti-virus programs.
To date, there has never been an actual outbreak of an actual OS X virus in the wild. (Virus meaning a program that can be installed automatically without the user’s knowledge and spread to other machines in a similar automated fashion.) Mac Malware has for many years lived in the realms of labs and hacker contests only.
Trojan Horses are bad, to be sure, but no anti-virus program can protect you if you’re dumb enough to give your admin password to an untrusted installer.
Think twice before typing that password, people. And, please, make your password something other than your cat’s name.
