more on mac viruses and quote and apple pie

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dave Wilson <dave () wilson net>
Date: May 21, 2005 10:36:17 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on mac viruses and quote and apple pie
Reply-To: dave () wilson net



For extra hilarity in this discussion, Mac users
running Safari in Tiger should most definitely visit
this site, which will automatically install a
malevolent dashboard widget that can only be repaired
by...well, heck, nothing can possibly happen to an
Apple box, right? :-)

http://stephan.com/widgets/zaptastic/


Seriously, if you haven't installed the recent patch
for this vulnerability, don't go to the site. My point
is there are tons of auto root kits out there for UNIX
boxes, like OS X. Anybody who thinks they can't get
rooted is living in a fantasy world. Your choice today
is living in a world where virii and similar malware
are the problem (Windows) or dealing with rootkits
(UNIX). The incidence is not dissimilar.

-dave


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