Intego Security Memo OSX.Macarena
INTEGO SECURITY MEMO – NOVEMBER 06, 2006 OSX.MACHARENA.A VIRUS
Virus: OSX.MachArena.A virus (aka OSX.Macarena) Discovered: November 2, 2006
Risk: Very low
Description: This proof-of-concept virus, which has not yet been seen
in the wild, was published on a hacker Web site. The virus can only
infect Intel-based OS X computers. It consists of a C source file, an
Assembler ‘dropper’ file, and documentation that explains how to
create a virus that can infect Macintosh OS X binary files. Compiling
the source code creates two binaries, the OS X virus file itself, and
the dropper.