Name: OSX/Leap-A
OS: Mac OS X
Software: iChat
Type: Worm
From: Anyone
File/Attachment: latestpics.tgz
How to infect: Manual acceptance (download and install)
Prevention: Do not accept files without extended confrmation from sender; install/update anti-virus software.
Consequences: Deletes files, copies itself on hard drive, sends to more people, slows down your internet connection
Removal: unknown, presumably anti-virus software
More Info: Sophos press release, Sophos virus profile, CNN
17 February 2006
First Mac Worm!
We have entered a new era of computing. The first worm for Mac computers has been discovered. Transferred through iChat (an AIM-compatable program), it appears to be a zip file of photos, "latestpics.tgz".
Hah! Yeah.
ReplyDeleteRight now my main issue with Macs is how to convince my students that it's user error causing all their problems in lab, not the Macs. :-P If they just got over the "oh noes, it's a Maxxorz!" hump, they'd see it's the same as a PC and wouldn't have half as many issues.