Comments on: Art or Virus? Symantec Villifies Spoof Apple “Trojan” http://gigaom.com/2009/11/05/art-or-virus-symantec-villifies-spoof-apple-trojan/ Wed, 22 May 2013 07:05:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tim http://gigaom.com/2009/11/05/art-or-virus-symantec-villifies-spoof-apple-trojan/#comment-374074 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:55:24 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=35333#comment-374074 I guess anything remotely stupid qualifies as art these days.

]]> By: PS3 http://gigaom.com/2009/11/05/art-or-virus-symantec-villifies-spoof-apple-trojan/#comment-374073 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:16:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=35333#comment-374073 can this virus hit all the Mac-based OS’ or just specified OSX.Loosemaque?

]]> By: Leave No Trace » Art or virus? http://gigaom.com/2009/11/05/art-or-virus-symantec-villifies-spoof-apple-trojan/#comment-374072 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:32:18 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=35333#comment-374072 [...] video games. Each time you destroy an alien ship, a file on your hard drive is deleted at random. Anti-virus software identifies this art installation as a virus, even though it clear tells you what it is about to [...]

]]> By: Gazoobee http://gigaom.com/2009/11/05/art-or-virus-symantec-villifies-spoof-apple-trojan/#comment-374071 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:15:40 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=35333#comment-374071 Sigh.

A Trojan is not a “virus” and this is *definitely* not even a Trojan.

Get your facts straight and stop stirring the pot. You know this is nothing of the sort, yet you post it with a headline that makes it seem like it’s a big scary deal.

]]> By: KsbjA http://gigaom.com/2009/11/05/art-or-virus-symantec-villifies-spoof-apple-trojan/#comment-374070 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:12:14 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=35333#comment-374070 I have some phobia that involves insane fear of data loss. Imagine how this beast of a game shocked me.

]]> By: Catmanrog http://gigaom.com/2009/11/05/art-or-virus-symantec-villifies-spoof-apple-trojan/#comment-374069 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:47:09 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=35333#comment-374069 It’s fear marketing guano at its worst…. I wouldn’t be surprised if they secretly pay malware developers.

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