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To: KeepItSimple who wrote (55841)8/13/2006 1:34:10 AM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (1) of 213176
 
KIS -

A virus has to be able to replicate itself without user intervention. The so-called Mac Virus that was reported in the stories to which you link could not do that.

Here's a quote from one of those stories:

"On the other hand, several saw this as a much more ominous sign for the Mac platform. However, this application itself is of a rather limited threat by the nature of its propogation -- and no particular Mac OS X vulnerability exists which allows the unimpeded transmission of a virus. Unless you specifically downloaded and launched this file, there is no way your Mac could have been infected."

[emphasis mine]

- Allen
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