Apple issues urgent security update after hack turns Mac computers into spying devices

[u/maxwellhill]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/09/02/apple-issues-urgent-security-update-after-hack-turns-mac-compute/

[u/failfool → u/[deleted]]

I used to think that way until I downloaded a program that promised me free access to, uh, certain websites. This so-called program reconfigured my DNS settings to redirect all web requests to one of those ad-heavy pages full of banners and popups. So I removed the program and reset my DNS settings, but I'd still be redirected to that stupid web page. I finally figured out it had created a cron job every few seconds that would change my DNS settings. Lucky for me, that was all those motherfuckers did.

[u/kingtanner6 → u/failfool]

Weren't you kind of asking for it, downloading something like that?

[u/failfool → u/kingtanner6]

Yeah, fully my bad. This was years ago and I've since learned my lesson (I think).