MP3Concept: A Mac MP3 virus or hoax?

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Watch Out For Virus Hoax During World
Cup

Watch Out For Virus Hoax During World
Cup 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

Osama hoax a virus to take over
computers

Osama hoax a virus to take over
computers 07/24/2004 11:08 PM
thestar.com.my Jul 25 2004 2:49AM GMT

Bin Laden hoax is virus used by hackers
to take over computers (AFP)

Bin Laden hoax is virus used by hackers
to take over computers (AFP) 07/23/2004 06:18 PM
AFP - E-mails purporting to contain evidence of Osama bin Laden's suicide contain a "Trojan horse" that can allow hackers to take over infected computers, security experts warned.

Osama hoax is virus used by hackers to
take over computers

Osama hoax is virus used by hackers to
take over computers 07/23/2004 11:35 PM
Channel NewsAsia Jul 24 2004 2:37AM GMT

Intego discovers first Mac OS X Trojan
Horse: MP3Concept

Intego discovers first Mac OS X Trojan
Horse: MP3Concept 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
Intego, the Macintosh security specialist, has just released updated virus definitions for Intego VirusBarrier to protect Mac users against the first Trojan horse that affects Mac OS X. This Trojan horse, MP3Concept (MP3Virus.Gen), exploits a weakness in Mac OS X where applications can appear to be other types of files.

Intego Warns of First Mac Trojan Horse:
MP3Concept

Intego Warns of First Mac Trojan Horse:
MP3Concept 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
Intego, makers of VirusBarrier for OS X, have released information about a trojan horse which disguises itself as an MP3 file and can erase personal files before emailing itself to friends.

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Intego puts the 'con' in the MP3Concept
trojan

Intego puts the 'con' in the MP3Concept
trojan 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
Yesterday Intego issued a security alert which was little more than a software update announcement thickly veiled as a virus warning. Intego had just released updated virus definitions for VirusBarrier that protected Mac users against a conceptual Trojan horse that could theoretically affect Mac OS X. The Trojan horse, named MP3Concept (MP3Virus.Gen), would exploit a weakness in Mac OS X where applications can appear to be other types of files. The code would be encapsulated in the ID3 tag of an MP3 file but in reality would be a hidden application that could run on any Mac running Mac OS X.

This seems to have been just a clever ploy to sell copies of VirusBarrier, but if any reader has actually found a Mac infected with this Trojan, please comment below.

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Microsoft Creates Anti-Virus Bounty To
Help Track Down Virus Writers

Microsoft Creates Anti-Virus Bounty To
Help Track Down Virus Writers 11/05/2003 10:59 AM
What do you if you're in an unchartered area with no reasonable law enforcement, and criminals are running rampant? You convince everyone to become the "enforcement" arm and find someone rich enough to pay them to help fight crime. Microsoft can't be bothered to fix a few of the holes in their programs that make it incredibly easy to pass on viruses, so instead, they're setting aside $5 million for anti-virus bounty hunters who can track down anyone responsible for worms, trojan horses or viruses. The rewards will be given out in $250,000 wads of cash from Bill Gates wallet increments. So, now, who's going to round up an anti-virus posse?

This is a Hoax - or is it?

This is a Hoax - or is it? 08/17/2004 01:37 AM

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“The Museum of Hoaxes was established in 1997 in order to promote knowledge about the phenomenon of hoaxes. Why do we (the staff at the museum) care about hoaxes, and why do we think other people should care also? One reason is that we live in an era in which reality and unreality are becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish, and the only reliable way to sort out what is real from what is unreal is…

Is it Real or a Hoax?

Is it Real or a Hoax? 09/17/2004 04:01 PM

PREVIEW: Is It a Hoax?

PREVIEW: Is It a Hoax? 09/10/2004 03:09 PM

Another Net Hoax for the Ages

Another Net Hoax for the Ages 06/28/2004 10:06 AM

Mercury News: `Pla in Layne' and Odin Soli: an Internet hoax. Now the person behind Layne has come forward and admitted that it was all an elaborate hoax. Odin Soli -- a 35-year-old male entrepreneur and writer, married with two children and living near St. Paul, Minn. -- said he created Layne as an experiment in ``interactive fiction.''

Remember the Kaycee Nicole story. This one has a weirdly familiar ring. One lesson: Don't believe everything you read, especially when you can't confirm the identity of the writer.

hot abercrombie hoax

hot abercrombie hoax 04/19/2004 01:56 PM
cam exposes the truth. i categorically deny that i'm responsible.

Toothing was a hoax!

Toothing was a hoax! 04/04/2005 11:59 PM
David Pescovitz: Earlier today, Jim Hanas, co-creator of Boring Boring, published a post on his blog asking "What ever happened to Toothing?," last year's UK craze where commuters hooked up random sexual encounters via Bluetooth-enabled cellphones. (Wired News story here . Reuters article here. BBC article here.) Surprisingly, Toothy Toothing, the source for many of those original articles, responded to Jim's inquiry. Turns out, Toothy (aka Ste Curran) made the whole thing up. (Or so he claims!):

All we did was register a forum (which has now been taken down by the service provider, but we have a backup) and fill it with fictional posts by fictional Toothing ’sceners. A week later, we had what appeared to be a vibrant UK Toothing community all ready to roll, and I sent the link off to Gizmodo, a gadget blog. They reported it (you can see that first story here, with a credit at the end to ‘S’, my super-subtle pseudonym). Everyone else linked to / blogged / ripped off their story. Things started to roll, and we became a ludicrous, implausible meme. In turn, that brought Real People to our forum. Others created forums for their localities - Sweden, Denmark, Italy, whatever.

A few days later, the print media requests started coming. We kept a record at the start of where we were mentioned, but there were soon too many to record in full. There are hundreds of tiny anecdotes, though. I had to write Penthouse-letters-page style sexual adventure stories for a full page article and interview in The Telegraph.

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How the Microsoft Hoax Took Off

How the Microsoft Hoax Took Off 06/29/2004 05:45 AM
Is Bill Gates offering big bucks to track your e-mail? Jonathon Keats from Wired magazine is on the trail of the most forwarded hoax in Internet history.

overstated: hot abercrombie hoax

overstated: hot abercrombie hoax 04/20/2004 07:17 AM
"Hot Abercrombie Chick" hoax .. Blogdex is being gamed .. overstated

overstated.net/04/04/19-hot-abercrombie-hoax.asp
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US beheading is an internet hoax

US beheading is an internet hoax 08/07/2004 12:11 PM
Al Jazeera Aug 7 2004 3:34PM GMT

Portis out? No. Just an Internet hoax

Portis out? No. Just an Internet hoax 09/11/2004 07:06 AM
Charlotte.com - Sat Sep 11, 10:11 am GMT

Four arrested over hoax photos

Four arrested over hoax photos 05/15/2004 09:54 AM
Four soldiers are arrested and questioned over the Iraq abuse picture scandal, the MoD reveals.

Tungsten T5 Pics Were a Hoax

Tungsten T5 Pics Were a Hoax 09/01/2004 08:04 AM

Apparently all that Tungsten T5 business over at 1src was a hoax, and the site's editor Joel (no relation) seems to be taking it a little hard. Buck up, camper. You got duped. It happens. We ain't mad at you.

In my opinion, it's more fun to run the images and have people tear them apart, anyway. It's like open-source reporting; a thousand eyes are going to be able to find the flaws in the fake images a lot better than one (laser accident).

Read - Editorial: The T5 Hoax [1SRC]

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PalmOne Tungsten T5 and E2 Rumors, Pics [Gizmodo]

Y2K: Hoax, Or Averted Disaster?

Y2K: Hoax, Or Averted Disaster? 01/05/2005 08:43 AM

Attack of the Hoax Blogs

Attack of the Hoax Blogs 07/29/2004 09:55 AM
In today's NYT, my Wired News colleague Daniel Terdiman writes about the growing trend in blogs that purport to be real, but are in fact hoaxes (and yes, he knows they're "weblogs" or "blogs," not "Web Logs," but c'est la editorial policy, mon cher). Link

Hoax --> Operation Take one for the
Country

Hoax --> Operation Take one for the
Country 04/29/2004 01:32 PM
Following up on this earlier BoingBoing post, BoingBoing reader buddha says:

Single Southern Guy calls out the Operation Take One For The Country crew, claiming the whole thing is a hoax. Why? The radio station, DJs, and broadcast company involved in the interview transcribed on the OTOFTC site don't exist.

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S.F. Man Says Beheading Video Is a Hoax
(AP)

S.F. Man Says Beheading Video Is a Hoax
(AP) 08/07/2004 08:44 AM
AP - A video aired Saturday that purportedly showed an American being decapitated in Iraq was a hoax.

Designer: Christmas Lights on Web a Hoax
(AP)

Designer: Christmas Lights on Web a Hoax
(AP) 12/28/2004 01:11 PM
AP - A man who boasted to reporters around the world that his Web site allowed strangers to turn his outdoor Christmas lights off and on admitted Monday it was an elaborate hoax designed, he said, to spread holiday cheer.

Man, 40, admits tsunami hoax emails

Man, 40, admits tsunami hoax emails 01/03/2005 08:23 AM
Death notices sent to relatives of missing people

Christmas Light Switch A Web Hoax

Christmas Light Switch A Web Hoax 12/29/2004 08:07 AM
CBS News Dec 29 2004 11:34AM GMT

Arrest Over Cruel Tsunami Hoax

Arrest Over Cruel Tsunami Hoax 01/02/2005 01:56 PM
CBS News Jan 2 2005 5:06PM GMT

Hoax 'quake dead' e-mails sent

Hoax 'quake dead' e-mails sent 01/02/2005 04:26 AM
Police are investigating a series of hoax e-mails sent to those with loved ones missing after the Asian tsunami.

Hoax caller sent lifeboat into gale

Hoax caller sent lifeboat into gale 07/13/2004 07:06 AM
A 58-year-old man pleads guilty to making three hoax calls to coastguards which led to lifeboats being launched during "atrocious weather".

London man charged for hoax e-mail

London man charged for hoax e-mail 01/03/2005 05:56 AM
The Star Online Jan 3 2005 8:42AM GMT

N.Y. Teacher Charged With Exam Hoax (AP)

N.Y. Teacher Charged With Exam Hoax (AP) 03/23/2005 04:09 PM
AP - A Bronx schoolteacher was charged with coercing a former homeless man into taking his state certification exam for him, authorities said.

Man charged for hoax tsunami emails

Man charged for hoax tsunami emails 01/03/2005 03:05 AM
iafrica.com Jan 3 2005 6:32AM GMT

Making The Case That Voynich Is A Hoax

Making The Case That Voynich Is A Hoax 12/31/2003 02:44 AM
DeadVulcan writes "The Voynich Manuscript, a mysterious book of uncertain age, is widely believed to be written either in an unknown language or a long-lost ...

ABCNEWS.com : S.F. Man Says Beheading
Video Is a Hoax

ABCNEWS.com : S.F. Man Says Beheading
Video Is a Hoax 08/09/2004 08:21 PM
S.F. Man Says Beheading Video Is a Hoax .. hoax of him beingbeheaded

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Microsoft developer hoax backfires

Microsoft developer hoax backfires 07/19/2004 11:05 AM
The Register Jul 19 2004 3:35PM GMT

Hackarmy sinks to new low with kidnap
hoax

Hackarmy sinks to new low with kidnap
hoax 08/04/2004 09:40 AM

Mother Says U.S. Beheading Video Is a
Hoax

Mother Says U.S. Beheading Video Is a
Hoax 08/07/2004 10:12 AM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 7 2004 1:44PM GMT

'Control Aibo by PSP' Was a Hoax

'Control Aibo by PSP' Was a Hoax 04/14/2005 01:25 PM

It looks like the big 'Control Aibo by PSP' story was just a hoax, perpetrated by Japan's famous gaming magazine, Famitsu.

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