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Mac users face first Apple virus!
Considered to be the first virus targeting Apple computers,‘Leap-A’ worm has sent a strong message for plugging the loopholes in the Apple platform.
Users of Apple computers were warned recently to protect themselves, after the existence of a new kind of worm virus emerged.
The Leap-A worm, which spreads through instant messaging program iChat, is thought to be the first virus for the Apple platform. It poses as a series of pictures which, when opened, allows the worm through a security loophole in order to implant itself in other programs.
Experts say it is easy for users to protect themselves, but that the arrival of malicious code should be a wake-up call to Mac users, who have been unaffected by viruses until now.
Feb 22nd, 2006 at 11:46 am
What’s next? My Linux?