Intego Exaggerated the Trojan

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Immediacy of Mac OS X Trojan horse
threat exaggerated

Immediacy of Mac OS X Trojan horse
threat exaggerated 04/11/2004 09:27 AM
Intego's security annoucement about the viability of a Trojan horse for Mac OS X has turned out to be a case of FUD.

Mac OS X Trojan Horse claims exaggerated
- experts

Mac OS X Trojan Horse claims exaggerated
- experts 04/12/2004 11:24 PM
Security experts and Mac programmers have slammed Intego for exaggerating the threat of what the company called the first Trojan Horse for Mac OS X...

Trojan is attacking Macs - Intego

Trojan is attacking Macs - Intego 05/12/2004 04:08 PM
The AS.MW2004.Trojan is a compiled AppleScript applet, a 108 KB self-contained application, with an icon resembling an installer for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac OS X. This AppleScript runs a Unix command that removes files, using AppleScript's ability to run such commands. The AppleScript displays no messages, dialogs or alerts. Once the user double-clicks this file, their home folder and all its contents are deleted permanently.

Intego warns of new Mac OS X Trojan
horse

Intego warns of new Mac OS X Trojan
horse 05/12/2004 02:31 PM
Intego has confirmed a report by Macworld UK about a new Mac OS X Trojan horse that can permanently delete all the files in a user's Home folder...

Intego warns of first Mac OS X Trojan
Horse

Intego warns of first Mac OS X Trojan
Horse 04/09/2004 09:16 PM
Mac security specialist Intego has issued a security warning alerting users of the first Trojan horse to affect Mac OS X...

Intego warns of second Mac OS X Trojan
Horse

Intego warns of second Mac OS X Trojan
Horse 05/12/2004 02:13 PM
For the second time in just over a month, Macintosh security company, Intego has issued an advisory warning customers of a Trojan Horse (AS.MW2004.Trojan) on Mac OS X. The latest advisory, posted to the company's Web site on Wednesday, warns of a Trojan Horse downloaded from the LimeWire peer-to-peer network -- the file had an icon that appeared to be an installer for Microsoft Office 2004. Microsoft warned users of downloading from sources other than them and analysts even question using the term "Trojan" for the advisory.

Intego posts Trojan Horse Q&A

Intego posts Trojan Horse Q&A 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
Intego has posted a number of in-depth questions and answers pertaining to the Mac OS X Trojan Horse that the company warned of Thursday...

Intego warns of second Mac OS X Trojan
Horse (MacCentral)

Intego warns of second Mac OS X Trojan
Horse (MacCentral) 05/12/2004 03:44 PM
MacCentral - For the second time in just over a month, Macintosh security company, Intego has issued an advisory warning customers of a Trojan Horse (AS.MW2004.Trojan) on Mac OS X. The latest advisory, posted to the company's Web site on Wednesday, warns of a Trojan Horse downloaded from the LimeWire peer-to-peer network -- the file had an icon that appeared to be an installer for Microsoft Office 2004. Microsoft warned users of downloading from sources other than them and analysts even question using the term "Trojan" for the advisory.

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 issues Mac OS X Trojan Horse
warning

Intego issues Mac OS X Trojan Horse
warning 04/09/2004 03:55 PM
Macintosh security specialists, Intego on Thursday issued a security warning to its customers for the first Trojan horse to affect Mac OS X. Dubbed MP3Concept (MP3Virus.Gen), the Trojan horse exploits a weakness in Mac OS X where applications can appear to be other types of files, according to the company.

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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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 Releases Mac OS X Trojan Horse
Advisory

Intego Releases Mac OS X Trojan Horse
Advisory 05/12/2004 03:57 PM

Intego warns of second Trojan Horse;
Apple, MS respond (MacCentral)

Intego warns of second Trojan Horse;
Apple, MS respond (MacCentral) 05/12/2004 06:59 PM
MacCentral - For the second time in just over a month, Macintosh security company, Intego has issued an advisory warning customers of a Trojan Horse (AS.MW2004.Trojan) on Mac OS X. The latest advisory, posted to the company's Web site on Wednesday, warns of a Trojan Horse downloaded from the LimeWire peer-to-peer network -- the file had an icon that appeared to be an installer for Microsoft Office 2004. Microsoft warned users of downloading from sources other than them and analysts even question using the term "Trojan" for the advisory.

Re: a dangerous fast spreading (yet
simple) trojan horse (Now
IRC.Trojan.Fgt)

Re: a dangerous fast spreading (yet
simple) trojan horse (Now
IRC.Trojan.Fgt) 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
K-OTiK Security (Oct 28 2003)

Internet dangers exaggerated

Internet dangers exaggerated 06/09/2004 08:52 AM
Web-User Jun 9 2004 1:11PM GMT

Insert Exaggerated Title Here

Insert Exaggerated Title Here 04/09/2004 03:56 PM
Someone at some blog posts something so good I have to link to it. I link to it.

New: Intego ChatBarrier X3

New: Intego ChatBarrier X3 06/18/2004 11:11 AM
ChatBarrier X3 works with iChat instant messaging software to provide two-way, real-time encryption and decryption of text chats.

Death of the desktop PC has been greatly
exaggerated

Death of the desktop PC has been greatly
exaggerated 06/11/2004 04:10 PM
SABC Jun 11 2004 7:58PM GMT

Rumours of Tape's death exaggerated

Rumours of Tape's death exaggerated 07/08/2004 03:45 AM
It's a backup thing. We wouldn't understand

Rumors of my death are greatly
exaggerated.

Rumors of my death are greatly
exaggerated. 02/01/2005 09:53 PM

Okay, first off: I've got a massive MacWorld / Borders / Trip to SF and back report to write up. It's coming, and I hope it will be worth the wait. Until I can get it done, there are some wonderful links in the comments for my previous entry, from other bloggers who came to MacWorld, Borders, or both.

My short version? It was awesome. It was everything I'd hoped it would be, and more than I could have ever expected. The drive up was great, and the drive home (without Anne, because she went over to Tahoe to spend the weekend with her friend) was lonely, but enjoyable because I listened to Jay Mohr's book Gasping for Airtime most of the way. It's a interesting story . . . but you have to hear him read it. It's the difference between listening to Dark Side of the Moon and reading the sheet music.

Okay. Enough about the trip report that's coming. Here's the thing that made me fire up this nifty browser called "Epiphany," and write these words: I totally, completely, utterly b0rked my Debian machine before I left for MacWorld. I don't know what I did, exactly, but somehow it completely lost my mouse. modprobe psmouse and modprobe mousedev did nothing, and I couldn't find anything in a single online forum that would help me make my goddamn mouse work again. I tried dpkg-reconfigure gpm. I tried mouseconfig I tried cursing in lots of different languages, and making Faustian bargains with gods I'm pretty sure I just made up . . . I even taught myself how to recompile a linux kernel (the debian way and the other way) . . . but no dice.

Finally, I gave up, and decided to just start over with a clean partition and a new install. So I did mv /home/wil /mnt/hda1/backedup/, did a diff to make sure I didn't miss anything, and burned myself a copy of the latest Debian (Sarge) Network installer.

Oh. My. God. Becky. It was so easy.

Okay. Seriously. Back in the old days of 1999, everyone told me how easy it was to set Red Hat up, but how much cooler Debian was if you could just get past the nightmare install . . . well, this was about as easy an install of anything I've ever done. It was literally a handful of commands, and then a bunch of waiting while it grabbed a ton of packages and set them up.

I'm now sitting here with a honest-to-goodness Debian system, running kernel 2.6.8!

Check it out:

wil@bender:~$ uname -a
Linux bender 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Thu Nov 11 12:18:43 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

Okay, this is probably not as exciting to anyone else as it is to me . . . but the fact that I got this working, and took all the HAM radio and isdn stuff out of the kernel, and still got it to work . . . it's a pretty big deal to me.

I'm logged into Gnome right now,( which I usually don't use -- I'm a KDE or Enlightenment kind of guy -- but it looks beautiful) and I've got apt installing Firefox and Thunderbird in a terminal, and then I've got to restore some of the backups, but I'm very proud of myself. Until I totally screw something else up, I feel like I can put on my propeller hat and give it a mighty spin. *snort*

I've got an audition tomorrow morning, then I'm working on the audio book of Just A Geek in the afternoon. Check back around Friday for the full SF trip report, and some other cool news.

Oh, man! And if this moment needed to get any better . . . They Might Be Giants just started singing Ana Ng on the radio behind me.

Death By Blog Greatly Exaggerated

Death By Blog Greatly Exaggerated 04/09/2004 04:02 PM
Shel Israel considers if blogs are the death of 'Zines. Like David Weinberger, he offered one when it was cutting edge media. Now he asks will blogging kill Confrenza, his paid subscription conference coverage 'Zine. ...Two weeks ago, while attending...

Iraq Kidnap Reports May Be Exaggerated
(AP)

Iraq Kidnap Reports May Be Exaggerated
(AP) 04/17/2005 08:54 PM
AP - Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. troops had the town of Madain surrounded Sunday after reports of Sunni militant kidnappings of as many as 100 Shiite residents, but there were growing indications the incident had been grossly exaggerated, perhaps an outgrowth of a tribal dispute or political maneuvering.

Intego WiFi Locator

Intego WiFi Locator 09/23/2004 01:04 PM
This little key chain finds 802.11b (Airport) and g (Airport Extreme) networks, and points you in the right direction to use them.

Find out if it works, and how we liked it in Brian' s review.

Intego begs for more press

Intego begs for more press 05/12/2004 12:54 PM
Intego, the company who tried to trick Mac users into buying their product by talking up a possible exploit that was never actually exploited, is at it again. Today a press release crossed the wires warning users of a nother "trojan horse" that is simply an AppleScript with the icon of Microsoft Office's installer. If you download Microsoft Office (from a Warez site?) and it's only 100K, odds are it is not Microsoft Office. The said AppleScript (that Intego is calling AS.MW2004.Trojan just to sound like they know what they are talking about) deletes your home folder.

Moral of the story? If you have a file that you don't know where it came from, check the file type (command-I). Don't waste your money on some faux security software.

New: Intego WiFi Locator

New: Intego WiFi Locator 08/04/2004 10:02 AM
The Intego WiFi Locator is a pocket-sized device for finding wireless 802.11b and 802.11g networks, including available AirPort and AirPort Extreme networks.

Losses to file sharing greatly
exaggerated

Losses to file sharing greatly
exaggerated 04/10/2005 02:12 PM
The Canadian Recording Industry Association is pushing the Canadian government to eliminate private copying rights by parading out big loss figures. Michael Geist did some digging, and found that exaggeration is the CRIA's specialty.

Medical Adviser for Baseball Exaggerated
His Credentials

Medical Adviser for Baseball Exaggerated
His Credentials 03/29/2005 10:41 PM
Dr. Elliot J. Pellman, the medical adviser for Major League Baseball, has exaggerated his educational and professional credentials.

Intego offers WiFi Locator

Intego offers WiFi Locator 08/03/2004 01:02 PM
VirusBarrier maker Intego is the latest company to throw their hat in the ring with a keychain-sized device designed to help road warriors quickly locate Wi-Fi networks. The US$29.95 WiFi Locator lets you know if you're in range of a 802.11b or 802.11g network with the press of a button. A four-position LED gauge will also let you know the relative signal strength of the network.

Intego announces: ''The sky is falling''

Intego announces: ''The sky is falling'' 05/12/2004 06:49 PM
In yet another press release, Intego announces a new "trojan horse" masquerading as a Microsoft Office 2004 installer.

U.S. Intelligence Exaggerated Iraqi
Weapons Reports (Reuters)

U.S. Intelligence Exaggerated Iraqi
Weapons Reports (Reuters) 07/09/2004 01:41 PM
Reuters - U.S. intelligence agencies overstated the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, relied on dubious sources and ignored contrary evidence in the run-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, a Senate committee reported on Friday.

Death of the Internet greatly
exaggerated | CNET News.com

Death of the Internet greatly
exaggerated | CNET News.com 08/27/2004 03:40 PM
Death of the Internet greatly exaggerated .. the Internet is still functioning

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Iraq Hostage Stand-Off Dismissed as
Exaggerated (Reuters)

Iraq Hostage Stand-Off Dismissed as
Exaggerated (Reuters) 04/18/2005 04:55 AM
Reuters - Iraqi forces searched a town near Baghdad Monday for evidence of dozens of Shi'ites said to have been kidnapped by Sunni gunmen, amid suggestions the claim was exaggerated for political ends.

Intego announces Personal Antispam X3,
DiskGuard X3

Intego announces Personal Antispam X3,
DiskGuard X3 08/31/2004 11:42 AM
Intego today announced the release of Personal Antispam X3, a new program that works in conjunction with Apple Mail or Microsoft Entourage to help filter spam e-mails...

Intego releases encryption software for
iChat

Intego releases encryption software for
iChat 06/17/2004 11:39 AM
Intego today announced ChatBarrier X3, new software that works in conjunction with Apple's iChat to provide two-way, real-time encryption of text chats...

Intego intros Personal Antispam X3,
DiskGuard X3

Intego intros Personal Antispam X3,
DiskGuard X3 08/31/2004 11:24 AM
Intego on Tuesday introduced two new utilities for Mac OS X users: Personal Antispam X3 and DiskGuard X3. Personal Antispam X3 is an e-mail filtering software that weeds out unsolicited commercial e-mail -- spam -- from your regular e-mail and deposits it in a separate Spam folder. It filters spam using Bayesian analysis, and also uses address, message content, layout and other criteria for filtering. It supports contact "whitelists" and can also filter by blacklist and by common file names. Intego says that Personal Antispam X3 doesn't slow down your e-mail client software. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.2 or later, Apple Mail or Microsoft Entourage are also required. Personal Antispam X3, shipping now, costs US$59.95, €59.95 or ¥7,200.

Rumors of Pentium 4 Extreme Edition
demise greatly exaggerated

Rumors of Pentium 4 Extreme Edition
demise greatly exaggerated 08/08/2004 08:38 PM
It is important to note that, despite reports elsewhere, this does not mean that the entire line is being canceled. The 3.4 and 3.6GHz LGA775 versions are still in development, and will be released.

Anti-Virus Firm Admits MyDoom Impact
Exaggerated

Anti-Virus Firm Admits MyDoom Impact
Exaggerated 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
Last week we noted that anti-virus companies were putting out press releases including ridicul ously high estimates for the amount of "damages" done by the myDoom virus - and refusing to give any info to back up the claims. Now, however, in a surprising move, another anti-virus firm, TruSecure is admitting that many exaggerated the impact of the virus, which they say really wasn't that big of a deal. They still say that the virus did plenty of damage, but suggest that the reactions from many overstated how much damage was really done.

Security Experts: Intego spread FUD to
sell software

Security Experts: Intego spread FUD to
sell software 04/10/2004 11:25 AM

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