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Story: There's no worm in your Apple - honest
Posted by: Anonymous (Monday 1 November 2004, 6:23 PM)
"Apple Macintosh has denied that the malicious code dubbed 'Opener' is a worm, a Trojan or a virus of any kind"
That would be Apple COMPUTER, Inc. The Macintosh is the generic name of computers sold by the company. They have not sold a Macintosh for years.
Full Talkback thread
Story: There's no worm in your Apple - honest
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"Blighting" - one person has this malware installe... Anonymous -
"Apple Macintosh has denied that the malicious cod... Anonymous -
If opener was PC malware, it would be classified a... Anonymous
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You are of course right about the erroneous Macint... Matt Loney
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If someone can sit down on your machine to install... jbelkin
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No worries with Opener.
But the worst thing t... Anonymous -
It does not make sense to pay for and us... Dave Carmean -
So by Sophos' standards, if I try t... Graham Cluley
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Yes. It is just a batch file.... nonono -
Opener is just a script that must... Anonymous
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Thank's to the complete lack o... D W
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The Anti-virus vendors classify it as a virus.
I'm... Anonymous
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Antivirus company Sophos said: "Renepo is a worm,... Anonymous
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If this is a virus, it's like the joke goes w... Terry Wilson
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Facts:-
My apple doesn't get hammered wi... seanthemac
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Well since Sophos representatives are already on r... no_thanks_sophos
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Some versions of Opener are worms, all are spyware... Ptitboul
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"Symantec declared that Mac owners were protected... Walter Medea
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Bullshit! just a buch of jerks try to beat the dru... Anonymous
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grsisoft symantec and webroot are the big men now Anonymous
