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I am having a dispute with a friend, what is the very first virus on any Mac. I mean even the smallest virus counts here. I am trying to tell him Mac's have had types of viruses for a while.
What's the first virus on any Mac computer?
Answer
Mac virus timeline
1982: 15-year-old student Rich Skrenta wrote the Elk Cloner virus, capable of infecting the boot sector of Apple II computers, predating viruses for IBM PCs by some years.
1987: The nVIR virus began to infect Macs, spreading mainly by floppy disk. Source code was later made available, causing a rash of variants.
1988: HyperCard viruses emerged that could run on versions of Apple's Mac OS 9. One version showed the message "Dukakis for President" before self-destructing.
1990: The MDEF virus (aka Garfield) emerged, infecting application and system files on the Mac.
1995: Microsoft accidentally shipped the first ever Word macro virus, Concept, on CD ROM. It infected both Macs and PCs. Thousands of macro viruses followed, many affecting Microsoft Office for Mac.
1996: Laroux, the first Excel virus, was released. Mac users were unaffected until the release of Excel 98 meant Macs could become infected.
1998: Sevendust, also known as 666, infected applications on Apple Mac computers.
2004: The Renepo script worm attempted to disable Mac OS X security, downloaded hacking tools to affected computers, and gave criminals admin rights to the Apple Macintosh. Hackers also wrote a proof-of-concept program called Amphimix which demonstrated how executable code could be disguised as an MP3 music file on an Apple Mac.
2006: Leap-A, the first ever virus for Mac OS X was discovered. Leap-A can spread via iChat. The Inqtana worm and proof-of-concept virus soon followed.
2007: Sophos discovered an OpenOffice multi-platform macro worm capable of running on Windows, Linux and Mac computers. The BadBunny worm dropped Ruby script viruses on Mac OS X systems, and displayed an indecent JPEG image of a man wearing a rabbit costume. Sophos reported the first financial malware for Mac. The gang developed both Windows and Mac versions of their malware.
2008: Cybercriminals targeted Mac and PC users in equal measure, by planting poisoned adverts on TV-related websites. If accessed via an Apple Mac, surfers would be attacked by a piece of Macintosh scareware called MacSweeper. In June, the OSX/Hovdy-A Trojan horse was discovered that could steal passwords from Mac OS X users, open the firewall to give access to hackers, and disable security settings. Troj/RKOSX-A was discovered - a Mac OS X tool to assist hackers create backdoor Trojans, which can give them access and control over your Apple Mac computer. In November, Sophos warned of the Jahlav Trojan, and Apple issued a support advisory urging customers to run anti-virus software.
2009: In January 2009, hackers began to distribute the OSX/iWorkS-A Trojan horse via BitTorrent inside pirated versions of Apple's iWork '09 software suite. In the same month, a new variant of the Trojan was distributed in a pirated version of Adobe Photoshop CS4. In March, Sophos reported on how hackers were planting versions of the RSPlug Trojan horse on websites, posing as amn HDTV program called MacCinema. View a video of this attack here. In June, SophosLabs discovered a new version of the Tored email worm for Mac OS X, and hackers planted a version of the Jahlav Mac Trojan horse on a website posing as a portal for hardcore porn videos. Shortly afterwards, the Twitter account of celebrity blogger Guy Kawasaki had a malicious link posted onto it, claiming to point to a sex video of Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester. In reality, however, the link lead unsuspecting users to malware which could infect Mac users.
Mac virus timeline
1982: 15-year-old student Rich Skrenta wrote the Elk Cloner virus, capable of infecting the boot sector of Apple II computers, predating viruses for IBM PCs by some years.
1987: The nVIR virus began to infect Macs, spreading mainly by floppy disk. Source code was later made available, causing a rash of variants.
1988: HyperCard viruses emerged that could run on versions of Apple's Mac OS 9. One version showed the message "Dukakis for President" before self-destructing.
1990: The MDEF virus (aka Garfield) emerged, infecting application and system files on the Mac.
1995: Microsoft accidentally shipped the first ever Word macro virus, Concept, on CD ROM. It infected both Macs and PCs. Thousands of macro viruses followed, many affecting Microsoft Office for Mac.
1996: Laroux, the first Excel virus, was released. Mac users were unaffected until the release of Excel 98 meant Macs could become infected.
1998: Sevendust, also known as 666, infected applications on Apple Mac computers.
2004: The Renepo script worm attempted to disable Mac OS X security, downloaded hacking tools to affected computers, and gave criminals admin rights to the Apple Macintosh. Hackers also wrote a proof-of-concept program called Amphimix which demonstrated how executable code could be disguised as an MP3 music file on an Apple Mac.
2006: Leap-A, the first ever virus for Mac OS X was discovered. Leap-A can spread via iChat. The Inqtana worm and proof-of-concept virus soon followed.
2007: Sophos discovered an OpenOffice multi-platform macro worm capable of running on Windows, Linux and Mac computers. The BadBunny worm dropped Ruby script viruses on Mac OS X systems, and displayed an indecent JPEG image of a man wearing a rabbit costume. Sophos reported the first financial malware for Mac. The gang developed both Windows and Mac versions of their malware.
2008: Cybercriminals targeted Mac and PC users in equal measure, by planting poisoned adverts on TV-related websites. If accessed via an Apple Mac, surfers would be attacked by a piece of Macintosh scareware called MacSweeper. In June, the OSX/Hovdy-A Trojan horse was discovered that could steal passwords from Mac OS X users, open the firewall to give access to hackers, and disable security settings. Troj/RKOSX-A was discovered - a Mac OS X tool to assist hackers create backdoor Trojans, which can give them access and control over your Apple Mac computer. In November, Sophos warned of the Jahlav Trojan, and Apple issued a support advisory urging customers to run anti-virus software.
2009: In January 2009, hackers began to distribute the OSX/iWorkS-A Trojan horse via BitTorrent inside pirated versions of Apple's iWork '09 software suite. In the same month, a new variant of the Trojan was distributed in a pirated version of Adobe Photoshop CS4. In March, Sophos reported on how hackers were planting versions of the RSPlug Trojan horse on websites, posing as amn HDTV program called MacCinema. View a video of this attack here. In June, SophosLabs discovered a new version of the Tored email worm for Mac OS X, and hackers planted a version of the Jahlav Mac Trojan horse on a website posing as a portal for hardcore porn videos. Shortly afterwards, the Twitter account of celebrity blogger Guy Kawasaki had a malicious link posted onto it, claiming to point to a sex video of Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester. In reality, however, the link lead unsuspecting users to malware which could infect Mac users.
Whatever happened to Cyndi Lauper, Toto and the Thompson Twins ...?
Q. I was such a huge fan of her's in the 80's! What ever happened to her? And the Thompson Twins? And Toto?
Answer
Cyndi Lauper
2005-Present: The Body Acoustic & current projects
Lauper's album The Body Acoustic, released in 2005, featured acoustic reinterpretations of tracks from her back catalog as well as two new songs (Above the Clouds) which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best female vocals Performance. It featured guest appearances by Shaggy, Ani DiFranco, Adam Lazzara, Jeff Beck, Puffy AmiYumi and Sarah McLachlan. Since the album's release, Cyndi Lauper's star has been on the rise, especially in Canada. She continues to tour the world performing live and is noted as an energetic live performer. Despite not having released a proper follow-up to 1997's Sisters of Avalon, she has maintained a devoted dedicated fanbase and lives in New York with her husband and their son. As of 1998, Lauper also had a home in Stamford, Connecticut.[1] In 2005, Lauper also appeared on Nellie McKay's sophomore album on the track "Bee Charmer."
Also in 2005, she appeared on Showtime's hit show, Queer As Folk in a scene performing a new remix of Shine.
In 2006 she made her Broadway debut in a revival of The Threepenny Opera.
In the second quarter of 2006, Lauper directed a television commercial for the Totally 80's edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit. The commercial features her old WWF "rival" Rowdy Roddy Piper along with 80's celebrities Tiffany, Downtown Julie Brown, Corey Feldman, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and others.[2]
On October 16, 2006, Cyndi Lauper was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.[3]
Lauper plans to record an album of all-new original material which she says will be released sometime summer 2007. She describes it as a mainly dance album with good rhythm.[4] With her latest tour, Lauper has been giving fans a sneak peek at the album by singing some of the new songs at concerts. The songs so far are "Still With Me" and "The Other Side of Here." Lauper started work on the album in November, 2006. The album title has been revealed as Savoir Faire.
Lauper was the headline act at the New Year 2007 celebrations at Universal Studios Orlando. Recently seen during the week of January 21, 2007 at the Bamboo Garden in Elmsford, New York. On January 31, 2007, she appeared on The Howard Stern Show and was complimented on her physique.
The pop girl group Girl Authority remade her classic "Shine" to be featured on their sophomore album, Road Trip.
Lauper is headlining the True Colors Tour 2007 for Human Rights through the United States in June 2007, with Deborah Harry, Erasure, Dresden Dolls and Gossip, with Margaret Cho as MC. The tour, sponsored by Logo, the MTV Networks channel targeting gay audiences, will provide information to fans who attend, as well as purple wristbands with the slogan "Erase Hate" from the Matthew Shepard foundation, named for a gay youth killed in a hate crime. A dollar from every ticket sold will be earmarked for the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people
Toto
Falling In Between
In early 2006, Toto released Falling In Between, their first album of new material since 1999. With very positive reviews from critics and fans alike, Toto release the successful single, "Bottom of Your Soul", which hit #1 on many single charts in Europe. Since the record's release, Toto has embarked on an extensive world-wide tour. They have recently begun the second leg of the Falling In Between Tour, with Leland Sklar filling in temporarily for Mike Porcaro on bass. A DVD was recorded in late March 2007 and is planned to be released around Sep/Oct.
Thompson Twins
The final years
Thompson Twins, 1987
Leeway left the band in 1986, after a reported disagreement with manager Hade, and the remaining duo carried on making music for another seven years, occasionally puncturing the singles charts and twice making the U.S. Top Forty. 1987 saw the release of Close To the Bone and the single "Get That Love" which made it to number thirty-one in the U.S.. 1989 saw the release of another album, Big Trash, and a new record deal with Warner Bros. Records. The single "Sugar Daddy" peaked at number twenty-eight in the USA and would be their last brush with mainstream chart success. 1991's Queer would be the band's swansong, and was supported by various techno-induced singles under the moniker of Feedback Max (in the UK) to disguise club DJs of the source of the records. The single "Come Inside" reached number seven in the U.S. Dance Chart and number one in the UK Dance Chart. However, once it was discovered that the Thompson Twins were behind the record, sales dropped and the album never had a UK release.
In 1988, Bailey and Currie had their first child together, and in the following years they spent a lot of time writing material for other artists including the hit single "I Want That Man" for Debbie Harry. In 1991, Bailey and Currie got married in Las Vegas and the following year moved to New Zealand with their two children. In 1992, the Thompson Twins contributed the song "Play With Me" to the soundtrack of the Ralph Bakshi film Cool World; Tom Bailey alone contributed a second track, "Industry and Seduction". The following year, the group finally formally disbanded, and Bailey and Currie teamed up with engineer Keith Fernley to form a new group called Babble. The Thompson Twins have declined to follow the examples of many of their contemporaries and reform to tie-in with a nostalgic rebirth of the 1980s.
Cyndi Lauper
2005-Present: The Body Acoustic & current projects
Lauper's album The Body Acoustic, released in 2005, featured acoustic reinterpretations of tracks from her back catalog as well as two new songs (Above the Clouds) which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best female vocals Performance. It featured guest appearances by Shaggy, Ani DiFranco, Adam Lazzara, Jeff Beck, Puffy AmiYumi and Sarah McLachlan. Since the album's release, Cyndi Lauper's star has been on the rise, especially in Canada. She continues to tour the world performing live and is noted as an energetic live performer. Despite not having released a proper follow-up to 1997's Sisters of Avalon, she has maintained a devoted dedicated fanbase and lives in New York with her husband and their son. As of 1998, Lauper also had a home in Stamford, Connecticut.[1] In 2005, Lauper also appeared on Nellie McKay's sophomore album on the track "Bee Charmer."
Also in 2005, she appeared on Showtime's hit show, Queer As Folk in a scene performing a new remix of Shine.
In 2006 she made her Broadway debut in a revival of The Threepenny Opera.
In the second quarter of 2006, Lauper directed a television commercial for the Totally 80's edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit. The commercial features her old WWF "rival" Rowdy Roddy Piper along with 80's celebrities Tiffany, Downtown Julie Brown, Corey Feldman, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and others.[2]
On October 16, 2006, Cyndi Lauper was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.[3]
Lauper plans to record an album of all-new original material which she says will be released sometime summer 2007. She describes it as a mainly dance album with good rhythm.[4] With her latest tour, Lauper has been giving fans a sneak peek at the album by singing some of the new songs at concerts. The songs so far are "Still With Me" and "The Other Side of Here." Lauper started work on the album in November, 2006. The album title has been revealed as Savoir Faire.
Lauper was the headline act at the New Year 2007 celebrations at Universal Studios Orlando. Recently seen during the week of January 21, 2007 at the Bamboo Garden in Elmsford, New York. On January 31, 2007, she appeared on The Howard Stern Show and was complimented on her physique.
The pop girl group Girl Authority remade her classic "Shine" to be featured on their sophomore album, Road Trip.
Lauper is headlining the True Colors Tour 2007 for Human Rights through the United States in June 2007, with Deborah Harry, Erasure, Dresden Dolls and Gossip, with Margaret Cho as MC. The tour, sponsored by Logo, the MTV Networks channel targeting gay audiences, will provide information to fans who attend, as well as purple wristbands with the slogan "Erase Hate" from the Matthew Shepard foundation, named for a gay youth killed in a hate crime. A dollar from every ticket sold will be earmarked for the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people
Toto
Falling In Between
In early 2006, Toto released Falling In Between, their first album of new material since 1999. With very positive reviews from critics and fans alike, Toto release the successful single, "Bottom of Your Soul", which hit #1 on many single charts in Europe. Since the record's release, Toto has embarked on an extensive world-wide tour. They have recently begun the second leg of the Falling In Between Tour, with Leland Sklar filling in temporarily for Mike Porcaro on bass. A DVD was recorded in late March 2007 and is planned to be released around Sep/Oct.
Thompson Twins
The final years
Thompson Twins, 1987
Leeway left the band in 1986, after a reported disagreement with manager Hade, and the remaining duo carried on making music for another seven years, occasionally puncturing the singles charts and twice making the U.S. Top Forty. 1987 saw the release of Close To the Bone and the single "Get That Love" which made it to number thirty-one in the U.S.. 1989 saw the release of another album, Big Trash, and a new record deal with Warner Bros. Records. The single "Sugar Daddy" peaked at number twenty-eight in the USA and would be their last brush with mainstream chart success. 1991's Queer would be the band's swansong, and was supported by various techno-induced singles under the moniker of Feedback Max (in the UK) to disguise club DJs of the source of the records. The single "Come Inside" reached number seven in the U.S. Dance Chart and number one in the UK Dance Chart. However, once it was discovered that the Thompson Twins were behind the record, sales dropped and the album never had a UK release.
In 1988, Bailey and Currie had their first child together, and in the following years they spent a lot of time writing material for other artists including the hit single "I Want That Man" for Debbie Harry. In 1991, Bailey and Currie got married in Las Vegas and the following year moved to New Zealand with their two children. In 1992, the Thompson Twins contributed the song "Play With Me" to the soundtrack of the Ralph Bakshi film Cool World; Tom Bailey alone contributed a second track, "Industry and Seduction". The following year, the group finally formally disbanded, and Bailey and Currie teamed up with engineer Keith Fernley to form a new group called Babble. The Thompson Twins have declined to follow the examples of many of their contemporaries and reform to tie-in with a nostalgic rebirth of the 1980s.
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