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Virus News: Trojan on Mac OS X

Intego the security specialists have announced the first Mac OS X Trojan Horse: MP3Concept

This Trojan horse, MP3Concept (MP3Virus.Gen), exploits a weakness in Mac OS X where applications can appear to be other types of files.

The Trojan horse's code is encapsulated in the ID3 tag of an MP3 (digital music) file. This code is in reality a hidden application that can run on any Macintosh computer running Mac OS X.

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Posted by: Roland J Young on Apr 08, 04 | 2:55 pm | Profile

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