Re: New Mac AppleScript Virus Alert!!
Re: New Mac AppleScript Virus Alert!!
- Subject: Re: New Mac AppleScript Virus Alert!!
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:49:21 -0600
There is a new Virus for Macs called the Doh! Virus, yes as in Homer Simpson.
This isn't a joke a co-worker received a news alert on this virus.
Doh! My Mac has the Simpson's virus
By Robert Vamosi, Help & How-To
June 11, 2001 5:21 AM PT
Apple users have their very own fast-spreading virus.
MacSimpsons (Mac.Simpsons@mm) is an Applescript virus that sends copies of
itself to everyone found in the Outlook Express or Entourage address books on an
infected Mac computer. MacSimpsons does not delete files, but it will point an
infected user's Internet Explorer browser to a legitimate Simpsons episode
archive site. MacSimpsons ranks as a 4 on the ZDNet Virus Meter.
MacSimpsons is an AppleScript virus that arrives as an e-mail with the following
information:
Subject: Secret Simpsons episodes
Body:
Hundreds of Simpsons episodes were just secretly produced and sent out on the
internet, if this message gets to you, the episodes are enclosed on the
attachment program, which will only run on a Macintosh. You must have system 9.0
or 9.1 to watch the hilarious episodes, in high quality. Just download and open
it. To get random signatures put text files into a folder called "Random
Signatures" into your Preferences folder.
Attached AppleScript file: Simpsons Episodes
If a user opens the file, the AppleScript will produce copies of the e-mail and
send them to all the addresses found in the infected computer's Outlook Express
and Entourage address books. MacSimpsons will also open an infected user's
Internet Explorer to The Simpsons Archive: Episode Guide Web site.
A few antivirus software companies have updated their signature files to include
MacSimpsons. For more information on removing MacSimpsons from your system, see
Symantec, and McAfee.