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Demo Virus For Mac OS X Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-don't-think-i'll-download-that-demo dept.

Juha-Matti Laurio writes "Heise Security has a report about new Proof of Concept virus for Mac entitled as OSX.Macarena by AV vendor Symantec. Symantec suffered from a slight lapse when it recommended in the first version of the virus description that users clean the system by deactivating the system restoration (Windows ME/XP). It is known that the virus infects other data in the folder in which it is started, regardless of extension, says Heise."

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  1. Re:This is on the front page of slashdot why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    When are you nitwits going to get it through your head that virii and worms do not require elevation of privilege to spread or do damage?

    When you nitwits grow some balls and try to prove us wrong. Oh wait, you can't...

  2. Anti-Apple by Swift2001 · · Score: -1, Troll

    There are three or four constant refrains here on Slashdot/Apple. Apple is an evil monopoly, its computer are terrible, its adherents are fanboys, the Zune, or something else, and there's always a new something else, is going to kill the iPod, etc., etc. Oh, and, I'm not free of viruses and malware, it's just my imagination. If you look on the larger board, there are any number of general theses being explored. There's some Microsoft bashing, but what the hey, Slashdotters are geeks. So, yeah, this forum has become THE place on the web to crap on Apple. I'm going over to Digg, where is't permissible to criticize Apple -- there's lots of negative stories -- but it's also possible to be a fan and not forever be reading this crap. Adios, boys.