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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.
That'll teach them Mac users to go clicking carelessly!
Good lord... Someone downloaded something from Limewire and it wasn't what it claimed to be. Slashdot beat everyone to the scoop... I'm sure articles will be popping up all over CNN, Reuters, MSNBC, Yahoo, etc... They just haven't had time to gather their thoughts. And who can blame them, considering the magnitude of a story like this one?
This is going to shatter the credibility of Limewire. They'll be sued out of existence. I wouldn't be surprised if this was some sort of insanely devious and clever plot masterminded by Kazaa to eliminate their competition. This may be the end of P2P as we know it.
Truly a red-letter day. Everyone, take a moment to remember today's date, because your grandchildren will be asking you where you were on 5/12/04 -- the day of the trojan that was heard around the world.
1: I am an pirate!
2: I am a idiot!
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
Turns out Slashdot was wrong--XP SP2 will not install on pirated copies of Windows.
So much for all that "dominance through piracy" conspiracy crap. This is completely off-topic.
Tough to do, considering that it most likely never actually happened.