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MISSION CRITICAL and totally secure Apple software is apparently vulnerable to two new viruses.

According to Sophos, Apple malware is like London buses, you wait for ages for one to pop up and then two show up at the same time.

SophosLabs has found a Macintosh Worm with text inside it saying: "RESPECT about what are you talking about me (cybercriminal..) Don't say what you ignore !!!!!!!!"

The syntax is familar, but we are sure that Drashek has an alibi.

Graham Cluely apparently found a another new piece of malware called OSX/Jahlav-C on a site which was offering hard core porn. Not that he visited the site himself; he saw it on a ParetoLogic blog and probably didn't visit the site to check.

OSX/Jahlav-C is an update to previous versions of Jahlav and will eventually run a Perl script that "uses http to communicate with a remote website and download code supplied by the attacker," says Cluely.

Most security experts think that with the rise of the Iphone, the Mac's days of not having Malware being written for it are well and truly over. However, it is an article of Ifaith that there is no malware for Apple hardware µ
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*Massive Cheers!*
    
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But really, the more market share you receive the more attacks like this you have to stop.
    
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nifty wouldn't think the iphone would be spurring this kind of stuff.

side note, i don't think this thread's gonna be much more than fanboy comments shortly...
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Oh boy, here we go again.
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Welcome to MythBusters. Today we'll be examining whether Macs are immune to viruses.
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post #8 of 137
Quote:
Originally Posted by urgrandpasdog View Post
*Massive Cheers!*
I hate to cheer for a new species of virus/malware, but it's been a long time coming. Apple will finally get what it has been craving: attention from the enthusiast community. Unfortunately, these enthusiasts use their power for evil.

Don't expect to seen any truth in advertising anytime soon on those Mac vs PC ads though.
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Are these actual viruses or just malware? If it does not transmit itself to other computers automatically, it's not a virus, and the title is thus deceptive and should be changed.
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post #10 of 137
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Originally Posted by hal515 View Post
But really, the more market share you receive the more attacks like this you have to stop.
Should be "The more times you yell 'can't get infected' the more attacks like this will eventually pop up from people sick of hearing this nonsense"

Also, don't try to circumvent the word filter.
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