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| Protection available since | 14 April 2004 14:14:01 (GMT) |
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Mac/Amphimix-A is a Macintosh program which is also a properly-formed MP3 file.
When the program is launched it displays a dialog box to say
"Yep, this is an application. (So what is your iTunes playing right now?)"
The dialog box displayed by Amphimix
Mac/Amphimix-A then loads the Amphimix file into the iTunes player as an MP3 file.
The MP3 component of the file contains a track called "Wild Laugh", a four second burst of manic laughter.
Mac/Amphimix-A first appeared as a proof-of-concept on the internet (even though the concept of Mac programs under disguise is not a new one), and was widely reported as a "new form of Mac OS X virus". But it is neither specific to Mac OS X, nor is it a virus.
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