Finally Mac Users can stop their utter tripe whinging that Mac’s have good security and we should all move to them! Personally I have no preference - Mac’s look nice, but I don’t particularly like the look of the OS - If you’re going to want linux underneath the hood then stop messing around on the fence and load linux!!!

Anyway……

Leap-A tries to spread itself via Apple’s iChat software, disguising itself as images of Apple’s forthcoming Operating System (Leopard) and sends it to everyone on an infected users Buddy List.

Buggins says…

For the Windows world - they disguise everything as Porn… They’re really appealing to the Mac user here disguising it as pictures of the newest OS!!!

No real threat is anticipiated as it’s unlikely to catch out many Apple users (particularly with the lack of Porn) and requires several steps to install the virus (you really would have to be stupid!), it travels with a single filename at the moment of latestpics.tgz

Buggins says…
Mac Users have got off lightly this time - level 1 on the Symantec scale, and more a piece of “malicious software” than a virus.. But it’s only a matter of time…….