UPDATE on that "first Mac OS X trojan". Intego EXAGGERATED the threat.

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,63000,00.html?tw=newsletter_topstories_html

Security experts on Friday slammed security firm Intego for exaggerating the threat of what the company identified as the first Trojan for Mac OS X.

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"They are spreading FUD to sell their software," said Ryan Kaldari, a programmer from Nashville, Tennessee, referring to the shorthand for fear, uncertainty and doubt.

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Technically, the threat isn't a Trojan Horse by the standard definition: It isn't a working piece of malicious code and can't easily be spread to other computers, experts said. Instead, it is a demonstration of a possible threat.

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The program can't be spread by e-mail or through a file-sharing network unless it is compressed using software like Aladdin's Stuffit. Failing to compress the MP3 file before sending it renders the software inoperative.

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http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,63000,00.html?tw=newsletter_topstories_html

Would any of the gleeful Mac bashers from that thread care to comment further?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=993708

Just a reminder that importing an mp3 directly into iTunes defeats the thingy.

The bashing must've been a hoot. Lots are real quick to demonstrate how much they don't know.