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OSX See's first Virus?

According to a news articale published by pocket-lint.co.uk the 1st virus named "OSX/Leap-A (also known as OSX/Oompa-A)" has appeared on OSX..

in my view, it seems now that OSX is becoming more popular it is gonna be targeted more often by virii creators for the same purposes that have plagued windows users for years :eek:

I wonder how many grins have been wiped from the smug faces of some OSX Fanboys :rolleyes:
 
That article is somewhat sensationalist. Infact the worm isn't really that much of a threat according to the article on BBC News
 
Its not the first one there have been others but there isnt as many made thats why it has become public and made a big deal off, you are right though as OSX gets more popular and now is running more main stream hardware like the intel chips virii makers will target them more.
 
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Unicast said:
That article is somewhat sensationalist. Infact the worm isn't really that much of a threat according to the article on BBC News

Sorry, but the BBC havent got a clue when it comes to computers, Ive seen that time and time again.

as for not much of a threat, it is at Medium low for now (day 1) lets see what it will be in a few days time on unprotected machines..

http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/macosxleap.html
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/osxleapa.html
 
I'm not worrid, infact i'm more worrid about my windows pc thats sitting turned off in the box infront of me.
 
To be fair I'm reading reports that you have to enter (are prompted for) your Admin password for it to run ... :eek:
 
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