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The new malware, known as GetShell.A, requires you to approve the installation of a Java applet. OS X warns you that the applet is from a root certificate that "is not trusted." If you still decide to go ahead and install this applet, your device will be infected.
The malware is multi-platform. Once you allow the applet to be installed, it downloads platform-specific code for OS X, Linux, and Windows to attempt opening a backdoor on your machine. The OS X code won't run without Rosetta on an Intel-based platform as it is a PowerPC binary. That means that any Mac without Rosetta such as any Mac running Lion or Mountain Lion is immune to the malware.
Java-based Web attack installs backdoors on Windows, Linux, Mac computers - Computerworld
The malware is multi-platform. Once you allow the applet to be installed, it downloads platform-specific code for OS X, Linux, and Windows to attempt opening a backdoor on your machine. The OS X code won't run without Rosetta on an Intel-based platform as it is a PowerPC binary. That means that any Mac without Rosetta such as any Mac running Lion or Mountain Lion is immune to the malware.
Java-based Web attack installs backdoors on Windows, Linux, Mac computers - Computerworld