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neoflight
November 3rd, 2006, 08:19 PM
Read on (http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/80500)


Symantec has been predicting for quite a while now that virus authors would increasingly dedicate their attention to the Mac platform and that Macs were becoming a tempting target for hackers. However, a newly discovered Mac OSX virus is hardly the firewall breach that the antivirus software makers have been prophesising........... The virus nevertheless infects other data in the folder in which it is started, regardless of extension. It appears not to possess an internal processing routine of its own. It may require the aid of the user to spread it by sending it out by mail or passing it via removable storage media.

how about that!!!](*,)
EdThaSlayer
November 3rd, 2006, 08:30 PM
Wait a sec...so does this mean it is the users fault for the virus spreading?
skymt
November 3rd, 2006, 08:33 PM
There have already been several (around 10, I think) viruses on Mac OS X, and around 50 on Mac OS Classic. All of them have fizzled, often because they used security holes that were quickly patched. I expect this one will also be patched into oblivion after infecting a few dozen computers.

Basically, this is non-news.

EDIT: These numbers were pulled out of my hat. They are extremely approximate, and should not be considered an accurate reflection of reality.
skymt
November 3rd, 2006, 08:35 PM
Wait a sec...so does this mean it is the users fault for the virus spreading?

Yes, but Windows viruses spread that way also.
SunnyRabbiera
November 3rd, 2006, 08:40 PM
Viruses on Mac are a wild carp thus is why its big news, all systems are vulnerable in the end even Linux...
But hey its still news
KaroSHi
November 3rd, 2006, 08:52 PM
They still have the huge advantage over windows though to i doubt mac are very scared right not tbh.
ice60
November 3rd, 2006, 09:59 PM
i hope it's named after the song lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNsb4zP76gE


somewhere between zero and 49 infections are believed to have been reportedif it's zero i wonder how it was reported ???

hello, i think i don't have a virus called Macarena. i just thought i should report it to someone :|
Tipo
November 3rd, 2006, 10:33 PM
I believe the reason that they say that it has between "0-49" infections is because that virus was created for testing purposes.

This is a 'proof of concept virus'. Not a real one ;)

http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/80500
SunnyRabbiera
November 3rd, 2006, 10:37 PM
I have seen many proof of concept viruses, even one that is cross platform that would infect Windows, OSX and linux.
AlphaMack
November 4th, 2006, 01:12 AM
Oompa Loompa was a real one.