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On February 13, 2006, word was getting around (literally) that a supposed screenshot of Apple's upcoming Mac OS X Leopard had leaked through the instant messaging program iChat. However, those who opened the attached "latestpics.jpg" were not met with images. They were met with trouble.
What initially seemed like your typical, somewhat interesting Mac rumor, ended up becoming a story that hit the news. The Apple Mac had just experienced what was considered its first ever computer virus, a worm nicknamed Leap.A (Oompa Loompa), and now this "safe" PC community was at a crossroads.
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We good
ip grabber
Can you make a video about Windows 10?
Wrath under
can we just take a moment to appreciate the files on his desktop? from things like "how to take over the world" to "why you're wrong" and even "teletubbies cult ritual" i think it's safe to say squid has quite the _interesting_ way of using his mac
and "George Harrison bread"
@@shanestrains548 do you know if that's referring to anything? I don't remember anything about bread in relation to George
Amazing
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I can’t believe no one is talking about “What did the Oompa Loompa doopity-do?”
Absolute legend.
That was absolutely genius.
Also he said that as I was reading this comment
MacOS is like that small community where nobody locks their doors at night
OMG so tru.
It was anyway...
dark side of the mac
Tracklist
Speak to Apple
Breathe (on the Internet)
On the Mac
(I can't think of one for Time)
The Great Mac in the Sky
Money
Mac vs Them
Any Mac You Like
Macintosh Damage
Windows
my new favorite comment and reply
@@endergamer.mp4 Time (for a software update)
Make this comment on top still
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I think you meant the first MacOS X virus. The classic MacOS has had different viruses before. When I had my Macintosh SE, it's floppy disks were infected with the nVir Virus, from 1988.
I may just have a possible upcoming video on then nVir virus! :)
@@nationsquid oh? :o
wooo more vuirus
That's interesting...
@@sasa_yahya you should check out Elk Cloner & CyberAIDS if you're interested in Apple II viruses.
Can we also take a moment to appreciate that every single piece of stock footage in this video included a Mac, and almost every one was a Mac from the Leopard era?
Nice touch @NationSquid , It did not go unnoticed ; )
Jeez 201 like no reply gotta fix that😂
@@MUSA_SMSW_OFFICAL lol
Thanks so much for covering Leap!
I was always curious how actual tech-savvy people would ever argue that Macs were "immune to viruses"; especially considering the VERY FIRST self-replicating program was written on an Apple II. Speaking of; do you have any plans to cover Elk Cloner?
Only idiots believe that
It has to do how terrible MS’ Windows as well the other competitors dealt with malware/system exploits.
You can write a book on a computer it doesn't make the computer a book
@@realitynowassigned No, but it does mean that said computer is, most definitely, not immune to literature.
They all fell for Apple's bullshit marketing. Anyone who is actually tech savvy knows that literally anything that can run code can get a virus.
This bullshit bit Apple in the ass, and now I'm just waiting for someone to write a mass-panic worthy chromebook virus so Google can learn the same lesson.
Always always always show file extensions on every computer you use.
The most shocking thing about MacOS still to this day is that I frequently here diehard fans still say "Macs don't get viruses". Of course they do! They're computers, of course there are viruses for MacOS!!
Indeed. It's merely a convenience issue. There was simply no reason for most malware to be written for a system most PC's do not use.
However malware and other security issues on Apple products have only become more common due to the popularity of MacBooks, iPhones etc. so anyone still repeating that myth is definitely not aware of how things are now.
blasphemy! their God Steve Jobs said Apple products are immune to viruses. and what Jobs says IS gospel
Yeah, Mac user here, not all of us are stupid enough to think we can’t get viruses.
macOS is inherently more secure as it requires authentication from the user to install any software and apps can’t access system level control without direct modification to settings from the user. but you still can’t just go around downloading every .app file you find on the pirate bay.
They get viruses just as we do social engineering
then, why are there not viruses on Android? excluding the obvious WineHQ warning of avoiding root runtime on both Android and Linux. I've never heard of anyone spoiled with an user file
The first thing i did as a kid when i got my hands on a mac was change all the icins for my files to something else to hide what they truly were... it was mostly nonsense, but it's hilarious to me the first mac virus used the same logic i did as a kid to hide stuff.
Changing icons was funny af, good times
Do you mean "icons"?
@@Erik_The_grate edits take too much effort
@@Erik_The_grateno he means ricin. It was ricin Walt! I lost the ricin and the kid got poisoned!
@@MissMegaLoatheyet you’re writing this comment 💀
One thing that my IT classes kept drilling into me: "Security through obscurity is no security at all."
I appreciated the silly file names on the desktop 😂
same XD
"Blue meanie" 🤣🤣🤣
“Real Bigfoot photo”
My favorite part when Nationsquid said "It's referencing time!" And referenced all over us. Truly a masterpiece
Your demonstration Mac desktop was a much-needed wave of nostalgia. Love it.
"Nickelback.mp3" 😂
Will & Grace Fanfiction LOL
I love the period-correct computer clutter it’s so perfect
I had a very casual relationship with my digital illustration prof in art school at the height of the Mac vs. PC ad campaign. I primarily worked digitally and was a custom built PC user. 100% of the labs at the school were Mac, and I HATED them.
I got into a Mac vs. PC conversation with that prof one day, and he went on about how Macs were just easier to use, blah blah, the normal talking points.
"Yeah and you're paying out the nose for a fancy aluminum box with an apple on it with inferior hardware inside of it. I'll keep my PC that's three times stronger that I built for less than half the cost of those Macs, thanks."
"But Macs are so much easier to use with zero maintenance and no having to worry about viruses. PCs have so much shit you have to do to keep them running well."
"Antivirus software and setting your hard drive to defrag once every couple months isn't a monumental task."
"But it's still shit you have to do."
"Well yeah, but even your car will break down and stop running if you don't change the oil every so often."
"..............goddammit."
I won that one.
Edited to add: Y'all can "hur-derp r/thathappened" about this silly little exchange all you want; it happened regardless. I don't know what on earth there would be to gain from lying about something so inconsequential when it's not even funny or around other people. We were in the parking lot between classes.
I'm sorry y'all have never been familiar enough with a prof you've had multiple semesters by senior year to be able to bullshit with them, but w/e. 🤷♀️
...a looonnng comment...
I'll take shit that didn't happen for 1000
@@mallgod4265 it's was to long for me to read
@@mallgod4265 Okay? It still happened whether you believe it did or not. lol
I was a senior at the time this happened ('06-'07) and I'd had him for three classes up to that point so we would bullshit with each other now and then. He pranked me once while I left the classroom to get a drink from the bookstore by taking a screen shot of my work area, setting it as the wallpaper and hiding all of the system icons so I'd think my station was frozen.
Another time he told me "Your work is too fluffy bunny cutesy for your personality. I just know I'm going to turn on the TV one day and see that you finally snapped and went on a 🔫ing spree."
You end up having friendships with some profs after you graduate. It's just the way it is.🤷♀️
@@gachabubba2544 Stories generally tend to be more than two sentences. I apologize for not accommodating your attention span.
Bruh, anything made, can be broken or exploited. When I hear someone say "apple no get virus" I wanna scream.
Actually, it's common sense that stops you getting a virus. Obviously an antivirus can be helpful too
Yeah, Mac user here, not all of us are stupid enough to think we can’t get viruses.
macOS is inherently more secure as it requires authentication from the user to install any software, but you still can’t just go around downloading every .app file you find on the pirate bay.
Very cool video as per usual, especially the demonstration ending :D
ah yes, the mac is running osx 10.4.1 with a ryzen 7 5:04
An important lesson goes unlearned.
Many years later, some folks say that Linux doesn't get viruses...
To be fair, the average Linux user probably knows not to click on suspicious files.
@@alaeriia01 Maybe, but if the claim gets to their heads they may do as the OSX users did and think that it is just a Windows thing.
I hope that one incident with PinePhone keeps people on their toes.
@@timurtheterrible4062 me too
It can, but youll have enough cpu and memory to stop it on task manager
The only reason it does not get viruses is because not a lot of folks use it overall. The learning gap between Linux and most other oses, despite possibly being actually very small, is impossible for the average user of computers, same type to fall for scams and shit like that. This leads to devs for viruses not existing, and even if they did, they would face tougher people they would have to trick, since, while they may not be smart still, average Linux user is about.... 0.1% smarter than the average pc/Mac user at the very least. And I can say this as a Linux user myself! Infact, if Linux use becomes easier (IE:pre-installed in some way and just more apps can be used in it.) Then, viruses will start to properly appear, since it's taking a bit of the pie now, and thus getting to the general public who might not even know what the fuck a wifi is.
This is the first Mac Virus.
What was the most dangerous one?
he made a vid on it. melissa virus.
@@otturs not a mac virus smh
@@urnoob5528 oh shoot i think i misheard
@@urnoob5528 gotta rewatch it
@@otturs that’s a Microsoft windows virus
Another extremely well made video, keep going 👍
5:05 ah yes, Mac OS X 10 running on an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X processor. LOL
Emulation
Lol but it is a virtual machine
Hackintosh
@@th1nhhdk guys I know it’s a virtual machine… hence the comment
@@samuel-wankenobi ^
ah yes, the good old days of OS X Tiger running on a Ryzen 7 5800X.
Earlier versions of OS X seemed to be an attempt by Apple engineers to get a Mac experience on NextStep in a hurry, even if it meant bypassing the security features. I remember hearing about inbuilt apps that were made to run as setuid root, automatically changing the permissions of any files they touched, so ordinary user tasks would fail. If I remember correctly, even the Apple menu was running as setuid root and could be convinced to launch apps with the same root permissions!
Fortunately it seems that Apple has fixed a lot of that kind of stuff over the years, but I do still wonder whether there are egregious security problems still residing in the underlying system courtesy of a hurried 1990s Apple coder...
Well anything below OS X has nothing to do with this current version. It was built from the ground up.
@@otherlego I think you may be confused, current versions of MacOS (and OS X) were built on the NextStep operating system (loosely), the operating system that was developed by NextStep, which Steve Jobs ran after he was fired from apple. What 3rdalbum is saying, is that while making NextStep more MacOS like, some things were rushed, and they fear that some of it might remain.
As for the permissions problems, Apple shipped with Mac OS X a utility that would repair any messed-up permissions on system files. It's hard to see how permissions would get messed-up if the security system was working correctly - I've never had any equivalent problem on Linux unless I caused it myself.
I doubt it's as much of a problem on OS X as it used to be. I'm sure it's not. Apple has done a lot of work on securing the operating system through better design.
The file permissions issues were caused by the Classic Environment (the feature that let you run MacOS 9 software on OS X), as a consequence of getting a system and software that had no concept of permissions or file ownership to work well on a system that does have those things.
i've now watched and rewatched this video and both times despite how informative and interesting everything was the desktop file named "Will and Grace Fanfiction" still sticks out to me as the best part
Your videos are so well detailed! The quality of your videos is superb!
I got a terrible virus (not even sure if virus is the correct terminology) on my phone once, I have no idea how that was even possible. But there would constantly be pop up screens and apps opening on my phone. It was so fucking annoying. This was back in 2017-2018.. my memory is telling me 2017-2018. It was also probably an iPhone 6 7 or 8.. that was such a weird experience
“They would just go over your head” is genuinely genius
People really do think "built different" when they just "built stupid"
Hi random
I love how you go to the effort of 'populating' the operating systems featured in this channel's videos with files you'd expect to find from the time they were most popular - it really adds to the aesthetic, and it's fun spotting all the different Easter eggs and references in the file names :)
Hearing The Words “Oompa Loompa” Reminded Me Of This Time I Forced My Friends To Walk Around The Playground At School And Chant: “Oompa Loompa, Oompa Loompa, Oompa Loompa”
I've been a fan since December of last year, your content is great, keep it up
you're wrong, you mustn't use "of", you should use "in/over the"
those mac vs PC commercials always annoyed the shit out of me, especially that "Macs don't get viruses" lie.
Me too. I was in art school at the time for illustration and EVERY SINGLE COMPUTER LAB at the school was 100% Macs. I hated them. At the peak of that ad campaign I had the thought that yes, okay, if you're a blithering idiot then get a Mac and pay out the nose for an aluminum box. I'll stick to my custom PC rig that's 3x more powerful built for less than half the price with antivirus software and _a single ounce of common sense._ 🙄
I hate how Mac users still believe that using Windows in itself isn't secure at all you'll get viruses.
Do you want to know how many viruses I got on my PC for the last few years or so?! The answer is 0.
So, If you do have bad web browsing habits. You'll eventually get viruses no matter what platform you're using.
@@seireiartkinda apples whole product line, it's not safer, it's just idiot proof
VERY well done video. Loved watching it, and please keep it up. :-)
I’m so exited for this! Hope it’s good!
Great video as always. Keep it up.
“So what did the Oompa Loompa dibbity do?”
Golden quote
1:40 WILL & GRACE FANFICTION ???
Apple: “And the best part about our computers, they don’t get viruses!”
*February 13th, 2006*
Leap-A: Am I a joke to you?
A great video as always! I have a request: Can you make videos about those? Worms: Morris, Hybris, Blaster. Viruses: Fun, Pikachu, WannaCry. If you have others planned, you can make those requests later :)
I remember... The trauma...
Apple: "Macs don't get viruses."
Leap-A: "Correction: _DIDN'T_ get viruses."
I’ve never heard of Leap, but I’ve heard of other Mac malware.
Mac malware usually doesn’t have a ton of analysis or information about how it works, so Mac malware is still fairly obscure, however, it is still foolish to not have anti-malware software on your Mac and take proper precautions.
I’ve been a Mac user for over a decade, and I do weekly backups to an offline external hard drive and have anti-malware protection.
I also practice good computer security habits, like not executing a file if I am unsure of its source.
While I believe XProtect is pretty robust, it’s only your first line of defense.
Mac malware may be few and far between, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
my dad is one of those 'turn your back and pc explodes' kind. his 2015 mac routinely gets malware like it's nobody's business
Why do you antivirus on a Mac? You mean like a program that detects if files downloaded are good or bad? Because Xprotect is literally goood enough. Set your settings correctly and you wont need any antivirus bogging down your speed or RAM. You literally have to be dumb to get malware on a Mac. Not even kidding. And this is from someone who got malware once actually twice on a mac. I stopped downloading bad files after that heh heh.
team macOS! I’ve been using macOS/ OS X since Snow Leopard and I’ve never had malware issues, just like any computer, all you need to avoid viruses on macOS is a brain between your ears.
@@lucymorrison wait wait, but they definitely get malware. I fell into that trap and it bit me in the ass. Just yeah, be careful.
@@abandonedmuse I use Malwarebytes just for extra protection.
It’s not very expensive and I have heaps of extra RAM, so it’s not really hurting anything.
Me watching this on Windows 11:
"Interesting."
NationSquid: Runs OS X Tiger on Ryzen 7
Steve Jobs: Wait. You're not supposed to do that.
I've noticed that for the thumbnail, it shows the apple logo mixed with the dark side of the moon album by Pink Floyd.
Man your desktop on your Mac is bringing huge nostalgia waves for me lolz
13:30 "Sum 41 Fanclub Events" so glad I took the time to read all the files on the screen!!!
I know the airplane joke went over a lot of people's heads 😂
Good video, Keep up the good work!
honestly i love the whole skeuomorphic thing going on: look at that word doc. i love it.
if time travelling existed, a cruel prank soemone could play is that they would use two files, Legit screenshots of leopard, and the Virus, essentially play "Virus Roulette" with random people
16:13 "Giant leap for mac-kind" was literally right there!!!!
Squid's creating his own viruses now that's how smart he really is
"have you ever dreamed of becoming a pilot? well go to pilot school, i cant help you." you should've ended the ad with that
15 years using os x and I never got a virus lol
I remember that when I was using windows, I formatted it all the time, not because of viruses, because it becomes slow and full of errors over time.
It’s actually funny how easy it would’ve been to write this virus, probably some high schooler wrote it. Usually an inevitability when you are young and start learning scripting and automation, you start with bulk copying and moving, then renaming, then you get curious if you can mess up you friends files by bulk renaming them. Then you move on to trying out things on the school LAN. I used to mess around at random internet cafes back then when internet wasn’t easily accessible.
Whom ever it is, is probably sitting back laughing at all this while his wife makes dinner and kids playing. Probably has a small and steady SAAS company. Just a shot in the dark
"But you know what's plain right? War thunder!"
*You got one of those words right*
I love this guy's channel
3:48 fudge! You made a plane pun!😂
Love your videos
The premiere is a 2am for me but Can't wait to watch this tommorow !
wake up
its starting rn
@@fnuibusaja8079 Oh no :'(
Ok
I want to try out this virus in a controlled environment, but as you say, not much can't be found online anymore, dead links, a lot of data yes, but the original file is a ghost like you said. Can you share this file with me? I really want to try it out (i have knowledge about macs and pc's and knows how to safely open up virusses, if that even is a thing :p )
5:04 I like the edit of showing an actual cpu running an old OS, or did you really do a hackingtosh and run it just for the video?
“I was trying to make some good plane jokes, but they would have flown over your head” I get it.
bro imagine getting toasted by a virus called oompa loompa😂
I wonder if Nation squid could do a video looking at what went wrong with Chrome os.
So many puns in this video. I love it
9:05 Ain’t nobody gonna talk about how bro had a Viking in IChat.(for those who don’t know Leif Eriksson was a Viking
I don't typically watch sponsored clips, but that pun just killed me, had to watch it for the sake of it.
Great video though, loved it!
What do you do if the sponsorship is mentioned at the end of a video?
@@lawndogmoon2 I appreciate creators who keep their sponsorships till the end, similar to Seytonic, I personally watch till the end if that is the case, however, mid-video placed sponsorships I automatically skip.
Next I want you to cover those fake flash player plugins which would effect your computer back in the days when they was not that many people worrying about flash security threats, be worth looking into!
“How to take over the world” and the “scary potatoes” 😂
XD
Dang it! I had this tab open and forgot about this !
Great Video!! Funny fact, Mac man from them commercials is now PC man and works for Intel haha
I seem to remember in the late 80s the Macintosh had a bigger virus problem than the PC.
1:15 I peeped the cigarettes and valentines file on the computer which is such an obscure reference but I just wanna let you know that at least one viewer noticed
It's like how getting your first piece of hate mail means your famous
I’m hyped for this video
okay but the main virus name is making me die right now. Jokes aside, thanks for discovering leap!
I REMEMBER THINKING LIKE THAT….then I got a bizarre malware.
5:03 a ryzen 7 on osx 10.4?! Hackintosh? Or actual modifications?
Sorry for being such a newbie with macos, but what is a "cocoa program/application"?
Manually installed software
"Mac doesn't get viruses" well "windows don't get idiots"
Yeah, Mac user here, not all of us are stupid enough to think we can’t get viruses.
macOS is inherently more secure as it requires authentication from the user to install any software and apps can’t access system level control without direct modification to settings from the user. but you still can’t just go around downloading every .app file you find on the pirate bay.
Kazza downloads…man that takes me back.
Can you fix the app after it got affected?
You’re telling me that Mac computers managed to stay under the radar for *22 YEARS?*
ok that sponsor wasn't needed to be introduced like that lmaoooo
0:53 leopard!
Tell Judith to drop that Tiramisu recipe, I'm intrigued
3:52 is when the ad ends btw
THANK YOU
love the cigarettes & valentines reference & 14:05
What are Cocoa programs/applications?
Justin Timbercake and teletubbies cult ritual 💀💀💀
NS is back. It's been a while since the last video
cool i learned a new thing thank you
next video ca you please release the story of NeXT
You have Rachel from Friends on your iChat friends list? Lucky guy.
This video should be titled “The Very First Mac OS 10 virus”. nVIR was out in 1987.
OSX had some issues, especially in the beginning as other commenters have noted, and yes it's obscurity helped it..however being a Unix system meant that you still had safe guards like password prompts, this is a far cry from the world of windows where you could have a Trojan install in the background without even knowing it