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MacOSX worm

Subject: MacOSX worm
Date: 26 Oct 2004 16:09:06 -0000


SF has a Register article about Opener/Renepo-A.  The article describes this as 
a "rootkit" (the term is, in fact, used in the title of the article), yet 
Sophos (linked in the article) classifies it as a worm.  Neither the Register 
article nor the Sophos write up describe any rootkit-like capabilities.

Here's the Symantec writeup:
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/macos.renepo.b.html

The Register article calls the "rootkit" "destructive", yet doesn't describe 
any destructive capabilities.  However, the Symantec writeup does.

So...what's the real deal?  Is the media spreading FUD, or is the A/V community 
downplaying the effectiveness of this bit of malware?

Thanks,

Harlan Carvey
"Windows Forensics and Incident Recovery"
http://www.windows-ir.com

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