[iBook] First Real Mac Virus In Ten Years

[Joel Esler]

Actually, your terms are backwards.  It's a virus.

And a very crappy one at that.  What it most definitely is NOT is a  
WORM.

J
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.
>
>
>
> 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
>> _______________________________________________
>> iBook mailing list
>> iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook
>>
>> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random  
>> stuff:
>>          http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984
>>
> _______________________________________________
> iBook mailing list
> iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook
>
> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random  
> stuff:
>          http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984