When the song Macarena hit the airwaves back in the ’90s, it spread like a virus. Finally, we had a dance that even the nerds could do! Unfortunately, there were a chosen few who could not even catch on to something as simple as slapping your own thighs and buttocks. These misfits grew up logging lonely night after lonely night on their Apple computers and now, in 2006, have attacked the Mac community with their own version of the Macarena.

Do you need to panic? No, not at all, the Macarena is only a proof of concept virus that has been hyped up in the media, and by Anti-Virus software developers trying to sell you their programs. There has not even been one infection reported that I have seen yet (see Symantec page for details).
Does it do any major damage? No.
Is hard to remove? No.

Do you need anti-virus software on your Mac? Most users don’t use one, but if you feel you have to get an anti-virus app, check out a free one called ClamXav.

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