Virus Description:

Intego announced that the OSX/OpinionSpy spyware has been found in a number of applications and screen savers that are distributed on several web sites. This spyware performs a number of malicious actions, from scanning files to recording user activity, as well as sending information about this activity to remote servers and opening a backdoor on infected Macs.

More details at:
http://blog.intego.com/2010/06/01/preliminary-list-of-applications-that-install-osxopinionspy-spyware/


Recommended Actions:

- Avoid downloading unknown software.
- Install Symantec End Point (SEP) for Mac OS X from: http://www.queensu.ca/its/software/mac.html
- Confirm all updates are done for software (Adobe Reader if installed, MS Office, and Mac OS X