[iBook] First Real Mac Virus In Ten Years

[David Frantz]

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.



On 2/17/06, Fred Stevens K2FRD <k2frd at mac.com> wrote:
> Anybody have any details or insight on this worm beyond what Symantic says?
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/osx.leap.a.html
>
> (Summary: it spreads only through iChat; MacBooks and iMacs with
> Intel processors can't spread it.)
>
> It apparently only was discovered yesterday (Thurs 16 Feb).
> <http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2006-02-16-apple-first-worm_x.htm?csp=34>
>
> Fred
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