Mac Trojan Horse Disguised as Word 2004

Espectr0 writes "Macworld is alerting of a malware program for the Mac. A Macworld reader alerted the magazine to the malware after he downloaded the file from Limewire. The reader told Macworld: 'I downloaded the file in the hope that perhaps Microsoft had released some sort of public beta. The file unzipped, and to my delight the Microsoft icon looked genuine and trustworthy.' However, he added: 'I clicked on the installer file, and to my horror in 10 seconds the attachment had wiped my entire Home folder!'" This sounds similar to the recent trojan horse proof-of-concept. There are many ways to make one file look like another, on any platform. This is 2004, you should know by now not to open a file from an untrusted source.

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Bahahahah.... uh... yea.

[doppleganger871]

Well, of course, it should be easier to fool a Mac user...

After all... the ICON looked right, didn't it? I mean... If the ICON looks pretty, it must be some kinda candy, right? Because, all viruses and trojans have some sort of evil, nasty looking icon that should scare away the average Mac user... And the icon would clash with the design of the computer anyway... so they would get rid of it. But, if it matches, then, hey, it must be legit.

Sucker.