Reports emerge of Mac OS X Trojan horse or worm (OSX.Leap.A)

Reports emerge of Mac OS X Trojan horse or worm - Yahoo! News

Reports indicate that someone has let loose a "Trojan horse" or worm for Mac OS X users. The program is hidden within a package that purportedly contains screenshots of Apple's as-yet unannounced next major revision to Mac OS X. Whether it's a Trojan horse or worm seems to vary depending on the source of the information. The code has also elicited a response from Apple, and a warning to its customers.

The package, called "latestpics.tgz," first surfaced recently on a Mac rumors Web site. Independently verified by Ambrosia Software president Andrew Welch, he's dubbed it the "Oompa-Loompa Trojan," because the files in question check for the presence of an attribute called - an apparent reference to the movie and book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

Here's a link to Symantec's notice.