Sophos describes Mac/Cowhand-A "virus"

Sophos has posted a vague description of a new potential proxy Trojan for Mac OS X called "Mac/Cowhand-A."

Sophos says Mac/Cowhand-A may:

"copy itself to the user's Preferences folder. In order to run itself on startup, the Trojan may add itself to the user's Startup Items."

allowing outside, unauthorized access.

Sophos has already posted a virus identity (.ide) file for the new potential security breach (for use with the company's Sophos Anti-Virus software).

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