Bob Lopez

USA

IT & Security Consultant

I agree with Apple. After looking at opener on their website, I see no mechanism to replicate itself.

This is a rootkit, not a virus or a worm. A rootkit is a set of programs that is placed on a computer to allow the intruder to gain access, escalate privileges or whatever it is that they are trying to do. They characteristically do not have the ability to propagate (virus) or locally replicate (worm).

The authors of this malware also call it a rootkit. Regardless of their intention, I think that they probably know what they are writing.

Why are the anti-virus companies so grossly miss-classifying it? Its a mystery to me, so I have to assume that there is some political motivation behind it.