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human_2.0
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[Big Grin] Ok, you don't really need to panic, but I like to poke fun at other people who do.

The trojan takes relies on social engineering to propogate. Social engineering is another word for fooling people (what phishing does).

Basically, do not open any file named "latestpics.tgz" that claims to be pictures of 10.5 no matter who sends the file to you.

More info
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Wait, they keep you from getting infected with viruses, don't they?
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[Wall Bash]
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I said "a trojan", not "a Trojan"... [Roll Eyes] [Wink]
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Another exploit???

(17 February 2006)
A newly detected proof-of-concept worm exploits a vulnerability in Apple's implementation of Bluetooth; Apple released a fix for the flaw in June, 2005 in Security Update 2005-006. The worm uses Bluetooth to self-propagate by searching for other Bluetooth-enabled devices. The worm is the second exploit for a flaw in Mac OS X in as many days.
http://news.zdnet.com/2102-1009_22-6041091.html?tag=printthis
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/17/macosx_bluetooth_worm/print.html
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2150563/second-virus-exploits-bluetooth

The lesson to learn here is to run software update! Same thing everyone says to do for Windows!

Interesting...
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