First Mac OS X Virus? 577
bubba451 writes "MacRumors reports on what may be the first virus to affect Mac OS X, disguised as screenshots for the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. From the report: 'The resultant file decompresses into what appears to be a standard JPEG icon in Mac OS X but was actually a compiled Unix executable in disguise. An initial disassembly reveals evidence that the application is a virus or was designed to give that impression.' The virus is said to also spread via Bonjour instant messaging." Update: 02/17 00:09 GMT by P : This is not a virus, it is a simple Trojan Horse: it requires manual user interaction to launch the executable. See Andrew Welch's dissection.
Phew! (Score:5, Funny)
(fp?)
Hardware (Score:4, Funny)
You want security... (Score:0, Funny)
Eh? (Score:3, Funny)
10.5 Screenshots?! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Reminds me of old Applescript "hacks" (Score:2, Funny)
I Like The Trojan Horse That Was Used (Score:5, Funny)
What wrapper will the first Linux widespread virus take? "Hey, download this PDF -- it's a transcript of a big IRC shouting match about which is better, emacs or vi! You gotta read this!"
We won't know what hit us...
Re:Phew! Thanks! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Phew! (Score:5, Funny)
I wish I also got paid to be a crackhead.
Need a Universal Binary (Score:5, Funny)
When will Mac viruses get to the level of Windows when? For godsakes, this one still requires user intervention, and it doesn't even work on all OS X platforms!
Come on Apple! Microsoft has you soundly beaten in this regard
Re:Trojan Man? (Score:1, Funny)
WebTV?
Etch-a-Sketch?
There is some good news in all this (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hehehe (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Need a Universal Binary (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hehehe (Score:5, Funny)
Nah, that's just the title of Steve Jobs upcoming self-biography.
Five stages of grief (Score:5, Funny)
1. Denial and isolation
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
I think with the appropriate counseling, the MacOSRumors.com community will be just fine.
Just finished my new OSX Virus. (Score:3, Funny)
The Latest Scoreline (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Phew! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Phew! (Score:1, Funny)
That's the best laugh I've had all day:
Will Apple Adopt Windows?
This would be the most phenomenal turnabout in the history of desktop computing. There's just one fly in the ointment.
I didn't have a very high opinion of him before reading that article, but it is now zero. He really will write anything, won't he? It doesn't even have to make sense, that article is non-sequitur after non-sequitur.
HIV is not a virus... (Score:1, Funny)
1) Are somehow hooked-up with or bringing home the "infected chick"
2) Un-click the bra strap and pants button to en-naked the chick
3) Insert dong into resulting hole to "fill" it
You cannot simply "catch" the virus. Even if you do bring home the "infected chick", you cannot be infected unless you expose the hole, and then fill it.
Re:Trojan Man? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Phew! (Score:2, Funny)