Arena2045 Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Okay, some[one] using a popular file-sharing program for the Mac OS, downloaded what he thought was a "public beta" of either MS Word 2004 or MS Office 2004... Little did he know, Microsoft didn't release any betas of the new Office 2004 suite.The download wasn't a beta, it was a trojan. Appearing to what looked like a legit MS Office installer icon, the user executed the file... However the file was an AppleScript, which doesn't provide any visual queues or alerts that it's executing, and it deleted every file under the Home folder (the default save location for files). Intego: AS.MW2004.Trojan FAQ Macworld UK: Fake Word 2004 Attack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicDragon Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 Thanks for the warning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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