More about Opener: Apple’s take and Sophos’s contradiction

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In the past couple of stories on this site, I’ve talked about Opener, the virus that isn’t. First, ZDnet (and some other press) can’t wait to classify the script as a virus, even before the facts are known. Then during last week’s Your Mac Life broadcast, Gregg Mastoras, a representative from Sophos, told me in as many words that Opener has no way to spread itself.

Today Apple issued it’s official comment, and Sophos, in response, directly contradicted what they told me on-air last Wednesday.

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