[X4U] Mac Trojan?

Vince Lewis vplewis at mac.com
Thu Feb 16 13:09:52 PST 2006


On Feb 16, 2006, at 1:01 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

>> http://www.intego.com/news/pr76.asp points to a press release about a
>> Mac-specific Trojan.  Supposedly spreads through iChat.  Does this
>> mean the Mac can now get 30% marketshare and take over the business
>> sector?  Or is it just another bust?  I have to admit that spreading
>> through iChat is a very adroit solution to the problem of spreading.
>
> Well, since it's a Trojan, it requires the victim to type in the admin
> password for the system.
>
> BTW, what's iChat?  Is that the IM client that ships with Mac OS X?
>
> 	Zane

Here's some more info.

<http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/leap_a.shtml>

ciao,
Vince
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