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OSX_JAHLAV.A
Overview

Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: No Alias Found

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Mac OS X

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

Low

Distribution potential:

Low

Description: 

This malware may be downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites.

It comes as a disk image file that contains an installer package file. This installer package file contains shell script files, which are basically the same in contents. TrendMicro detects both files as UNIX_JAHLAV.A.

During installation, it will try to connect (via HTTP) to an IP address to download and execute its additional component. However, the said IP address is inaccessible as of this writing.

For additional information about this threat, see:
Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Dec. 4, 2008 6:37:37 AM GMT -0800

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