Intego researchers have uncovered a new variant of the Mac malware HellRTS.

"HellRTS.D [is] a new iteration of Mac OS X malware first spotted in 2004, and opens a backdoor that enables remote users to take control of infected computers," writes eWeek's Brian Prince. "So far, the company has not found any computers infected with the malware, but issued an advisory on it nonetheless."

"Built in RealBasic, HellRTS is universal binary able to run on both PowerPC- and Intel-Based Macs and is able to perform a number of operations if installed on a Mac," Prince writes.

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