Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 16th Feb 2006 15:45 UTC, submitted by kristof
Antivirus researchers have discovered what's claimed to be the first computer Trojan to infect Apple Mac OS X computers. The malware, dubbed Leap-A, spreads via the iChat instant messaging system as a file called latestpics.tgz that infected machines send to contacts on an infected user's buddy list. The malicious file, which poses as a set of pictures, is a compressed Unix shell program. The user is prompted for admin credentials to launch the malicious code, which is better described as a Trojan than a virus. Mac OS X users who do this will find their machines infected.
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Member since:2006-01-02
You are invincible to software problems. So Windows users would be if they didn't act stupid so much (which, BTW, they do, which is ironic, because they're in dire need of a Mac w/o the SU password!). Backing up shouldn't be about viruses...it should be about moving parts that fail, like the parts in hard drives.
Get that external drive. One day, you will get the click of death...one day, it will call you out.
Tick, clunk; tick, clunk; tick, clunk... 
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2006-01-01
" Normal people haven't had enough {censored} go wrong in their lives to deal with a crisis..."
Being a mac user I can admit that there is this almost sense of invincibility to using these machines. We mock and laugh at windows and how its plagued with problems.
I haven't backed up anything in years. I just buy a new mac, use the " Transfer to a New Mac" utilitiy, and carry on with my business. Its horrible to admit, but the truth.
Everyone gets theirs at some point. Looks like its time to invest in an external HD.
Edited 2006-02-16 16:21