OSX trojan == Publicity stunt

Reports of a Mac OSX trojan have been confirmed to be vastly exaggerated, and attributed to a publicity stunt by antivirus firm - Intego.

"They gave the impression that this is a threat, but it isn't," said Dave Schroeder, a systems engineer with the University of Wisconsin. "It is a benign proof of concept that was posted to a newsgroup. It isn't in the wild, and can't be spread in the wild. It's a non-issue."

"They are spreading FUD to sell their software," said Ryan Kaldari, a programmer from Nashville, Tennessee, referring to the shorthand for fear, uncertainty and doubt.

Brings to mind the story of the 'boy who cried wolf'.. Wired is carrying this article.