[iBook] First Real Mac Virus In Ten Years

G Henry Taylor henrytaylor at att.net
Fri Feb 17 07:54:10 PST 2006


On Feb 17, 2006, at 10:46 AM, David Frantz wrote:

> i think Slashdot.org tore this apart yesterday.
> it's not a virus because it is not self replicating and it depends on
> user intervention to actually run.
> you have to click on it for it to run.
> it is more of a trojan.  from my understanding.

What I read in MacCentral this morning is:
Only affects 10.4, not 10.3
Get it from opening jpeg.img file (have to unzip an emailed file, then  
double click the jpeg)
Only affects Cocoa apps

That's the jist of the bug.

Get the story  
here...http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/02/16/leapafaq/index.php? 
lsrc=mwrss


Henry



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