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Worldwide Computer Products News, Feb 17, 2006
Worldwide Computer Products News-17 February 2006-Sophos discovers first virus for Mac OS X(C)1995-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
IT security company Sophos has discovered the first virus for the Apple Mac OS X platform.
According to the company, the virus, named Leap-A, also known as Oompa-A, spreads via the iChat instant messaging system, forwarding itself as a file called latestpics.tgz to contacts on the infected users' buddy list.
When the file is opened on a computer, it reportedly disguises itself with a JPEG graphic icon. The worm uses the text 'oompa' as an infection marker in the resource forks of infected programs to prevent it from re-infecting the same files.
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Some Mac computer users have believed that Mac OS X is immune to computer viruses, but Leap-A shows that the malware threat on Mac OS X is real, said a senior technology consultant for Sophos, adding that Apple Mac users need to be as careful running unknown or unsolicited code on their computers as Windows users.
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