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April 13 - 00:04 EDT Security experts and Mac programmers have slammed Intego for exaggerating the threat of what the company called the first Trojan Horse for Mac OS X. "They gave the impression that this is a threat, but it isn't," said Dave Schroeder, a systems engineer with the University of Wisconsin. "It is a benign proof of concept that was posted to a newsgroup. It isn't in the wild, and can't be spread in the wild. It's a non-issue." Rob Rosenberger of Vmyths told Wired that if anti-virus companies put out alarmist press releases, it's for one of two reasons: "Either they're delusional or they're trying to own the hysteria," he said. "This has been going on for 16 years now." Continued... [ E http://www.macminute.com/
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news Viruses on OSX : It had to happen Sun 11 Apr 2004, 00:33 stingerman Well, it hasn't happened after all. It was a hoax ... Sun 11 Apr 2004, 00:33 td3k Read this for more details of this "concept... Sun 11 Apr 2004, 03:46 lepetitmartien It's not an hoax, it's just someone proved... Sun 11 Apr 2004, 04:07 sahara I got a copy of it. Potential problem, but not lik... Sun 11 Apr 2004, 05:43 peterkirn I agree that OS X is more secure, but at the same ... Tue 13 Apr 2004, 05:42 sahara Is that what I said? I think it's like the me... Tue 13 Apr 2004, 07:31 peterkirn Sahara -- my response was more to the naysayers ab... Tue 13 Apr 2004, 13:51 sahara QUOTE (peterkirn @ Apr 13 2004, 12:51)Sahara ... Fri 16 Apr 2004, 08:45
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