Virus for the Mac OS X
November/07/2006 04:08 Filed in:
Breaking News
Symantec reported that Mac OS X is
being threatened by a virus named OSX.Macarena, discovered on
November 02, 2006.
OSX.Macarena is categorized as a low wild-level virus, that considered at Risk Level 1 Threat Assessment. Number of Infections is limited and Geographical Distribution still at a low spread situation.
The OSX.Macarena appends itself to files in the current directory on the compromised computer, in which the virus duplicates itself to affect the system at a mild damage.
OSX.Macarena is categorized as a low wild-level virus, that considered at Risk Level 1 Threat Assessment. Number of Infections is limited and Geographical Distribution still at a low spread situation.
The OSX.Macarena appends itself to files in the current directory on the compromised computer, in which the virus duplicates itself to affect the system at a mild damage.