Jason O’Grady’s Blog

Macworld UK has learned of a dangerous malware that deletes the Home
folder on a Mac. The file is cunningly disguised as a Word 2004 for Mac
demo – from the forthcoming Office 2004 for Mac suite.

A Macworld reader alerted the magazine to the malware after he
downloaded the file from Limewire. The reader told Macworld: “I
downloaded the file in the hope that perhaps Microsoft had released
some sort of public beta. The file unzipped, and to my delight the
Microsoft icon looked genuine and trustworthy.”

However, he added: “I clicked on the installer file, and to my horror
in 10 seconds the attachment had wiped my entire Home folder!”

(Thanks Macworld UK)