Bott, who covers Windows remember, has now helpfully posted a video of a Mac getting infected by the latest variant in which is just three more than none! The video's nice enough but the Macalope feels Bott really left something on the table by not setting it to the (iTunes link).

Even with that omission, the difference between the Macalope's take on this and Bott's take is largely one of tone. This is how both Bott and the Macalope can agree with Rich Mogull's piece advising Mac users to . For his part, Mogull (who's a friend of the Macalope's) was to see Bott . Probably because he said several things that are seemingly at odds with Bott's tone like, say, the "don't panic" part.

Apple appears to be treating this outbreak as if it were a single incident that won't be repeated.

While the Macalope doesn't really condone Apple's response so far (particularly the instructions for AppleCare representatives), he suspects Apple's keenly aware of the long-term implications of this. It'll be interesting to see what the company delivers. The existing malware scanning on Snow Leopard doesn't seem to contain any facility for removing Trojan horses, just for dissuading someone from executing one. So presumably the forthcoming update will not just include new definitions, but also added functionality.

Long-term, the Macalope's money is still on the Mac App Store-only nuclear solution, but he can't imagine that's coming as soon as Lion. If it is, well, then it's going to be an interesting WWDC.