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First Mac OS X Worm a Wake-Up Call

Posted by GruntDoc on 16th February 2006

via Wired, The Cult of Mac Blog:

Thursday, 16 February 2006
First Mac OS X Worm a Wake-Up Call
Topic: Apple
The first Mac OS X malware has been spotted in the wild, but it appears to be something of a damp squib.

Called Leap-A by anti-virus companies, the worm appears as a JPEG file that spreads via iChat to contacts on the infected user’s buddy list.

I’m not too worried about this one, but wonder how long it’ll be until I do need to worry.
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