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Story: There's no worm in your Apple - honest
Posted by: Anonymous (Tuesday 2 November 2004, 12:30 AM)
The Anti-virus vendors classify it as a virus.
I'm shocked, SHOCKED that Apple would disagree with an anti-virus company over the definition of 'virus.'
After all, it's not like the anti-virus companies -- who have no vested interest in whether they sell software or not -- would EVER claim that there are viruses for the Mac just to sell software.
Also, the malware was originally called "Opener", as Renepo is just Opener spelled backwards.
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
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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 -
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
