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    First Mac Virus

    http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/02/16/1322209.shtml

    it appears that this is not actually a virus, but is a trojan since it requires the user to manually run the executable.


    in other news: Apple embeds message to OSX hackers into OSX, and Mozilla Camino 1.0 Released.


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    Re: First Mac Virus

    It's not the first, actually. There have been a few dozen. Not sure why everyone keeps calling it the first
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    Re: First Mac Virus

    Quote Originally Posted by kasracer
    It's not the first, actually. There have been a few dozen. Not sure why everyone keeps calling it the first
    Because it makes it look safer than it really is. Yes, this isn't the first, and it won't be the last, it's really only the beginning.
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    Re: First Mac Virus

    The first virus was the one the designers had when they decided on only one frikkin mouse button....

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    Re: First Mac Virus

    Quote Originally Posted by gigemboy
    The first virus was the one the designers had when they decided on only one frikkin mouse button....
    theres nothing that stops you from plugging in a conventional two or three button mouse into a mac.
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