Like Inqtana.A the .B and .C are locked to certain bluetooth addresses and are time limited to 24. February 2006, so they will not be able to replicate on any real environment and will work only in specially crafted lab. However it is possible that some virus author will create similar worms that are not intentionally limited, so please make sure that your OS X is up to date.
It was only a matter of time of course before Apple started getting hit with vulnerabilities. The difference between the way these work and the way most virii work on Windows is user interaction. It takes a lot more direct contact with the user to get a Mac virus to propagate, which will limit the success of propagation in most cases.
A more serious threat down the line will be a worm that impacts AFP, or some other more commonly open protocol that can jump from infected system to clean system without much if any user interaction.
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Likely? Not so much. But possible, yes, always.
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