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A Mac only sorta-virus...

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Contributed by: Belpowerslave Sunday, April 11 2004 @ 12:45 PM PDT

Product Platform: MacOS,MacOSX

Used Product For: Over One Year

Recommend Product: YES

For those wondering what's going on:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/mp3concept.html

Oddly enough, it only affects Mac OS...though I'm uncertain if it's X and 9, or just X. Apparently it just plays an MP3 file of some guy laughing...that's it. You know, if this is the *worst* virus the Mac has seen in quite sometime....welll, let's just say it doesn't exactly having me shaking in my boots...

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A Mac only sorta-virus... - Robo-X

As it says in the name. MP3Concept. It's not a real worm or virus. Just a sample file to show that it is possible to make a program and make it look and behave as a regular mp3 file. If it was a real threat it would not be called concept and there would be no text showing up but instead it could have been possibly to empty your complete home folder without you noticing it.

//Rob

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