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Beware the Safari


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:48:52 -0700


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From: Ed Gerck [egerck () nma com]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 1:07 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: Beware the Safari

[Dave: For Ip you wish]

"What's the difference between a malware spreading across a corporate
environment and a nagging system-tray icon that installs another
insecure default browser?"

Network administrators are complaining that Apple's recent decision to
offer users its Safari Web browser as part of an iTunes
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Apple+iTunes>
and QuickTime
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Apple+QuickTime>
update has made their lives harder, as they struggle to remove the
software from PCs on their networks.

in
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9075138


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