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by tracker1 4130 days ago
Most adware/malware are trojan horses... I don't think anyone is implying different... the fact of the matter is, it's annoying, and it's as effective against OSX users as it is with Windows users... or possibly more so.

I don't install too much outside a package manager in any OS... just the same, it is a pretty significant issue.
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coldtea 4130 days ago
>just the same, it is a pretty significant issue.

Not sure how significant. Haven't seen anything in the wild on OS X -- and I do install lots outside of package managers...

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tracker1 4129 days ago
I've seen a few nasty browser trojans on OSX installs with friends/family... it's really weird to see them actually... one I noticed/found when I asked a friend to pull something up on amazon and saw extra ads...

A few on windows are doing transparent proxies, which are pretty nasty (not just the lenovo one).

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