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Only a moron would put in his password when something he doesn't know what it is installs itself. And that's the only way this can spread. You have to physically install it and give it admin credentials.

Or you have to have physical access to the machine, which any machine can be compromised with physical access.

It's not like a Windows worm/virus where it can replicate without you knowing.

It's really a non-issue unless you routinely install stuff you don't know about....

But it will be interesting to watch and see if it starts spreading by itself.

Still no need for AV software on the Mac if you are careful. That probably scares the AV vendors the most - no need for them if people don't feel the need for them like they do on Windows. But it makes for great conspiracy theories....
Posted by: ITGuy04   Posted on: 10/25/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Duh!  alterego_z | 10/25/04
I applaud Macs and Linux  FilledOut | 10/25/04
What gives?  seosamh_z | 10/25/04
Nope, any and all users of Windows  FilledOut | 10/25/04
Non-Issue  ITGuy04 | 10/25/04
There are a lot of morons...  PB_z | 10/25/04
Not A Virus, Not A Worm!!!  RestonTechAlec | 10/25/04
RTFA  d_jedi | 10/25/04
which is why the article referred to it as *neither* of those...  eLurker | 10/25/04
Title doesnt match article  mrlinux | 10/25/04
They changed the title and I think more...  el1jones | 10/25/04
Nope  Roger Ramjet | 10/26/04
So the threat appears to be  Fred Fredrickson | 10/26/04
at least they changed the main title  doh123 | 10/25/04
Here I actually was worried  mlindl | 10/25/04
Mac and Security - it's not so bad as Windows, but ...  Vily Clay | 10/25/04
I must have misunderstood your point  Richard Flude | 10/25/04
I guess that?s why Apple patches its security issues pretty often. (NT)  Vily Clay | 10/25/04
Surely that is the point  Richard Flude | 10/25/04
Mac OS X is Swiss cheese too. Why crackers did not taste it yet? (NT)  Vily Clay | 10/26/04
Vily, Stick to what you know.  Maccer | 11/04/04
Why did a hacker even bother?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/25/04
They wanted to test their skills trying to crack a REAL system!  Jeff Spicoli | 10/25/04
Hey, as Mac's gain popularity  FilledOut | 10/26/04
Re: Hey, as Mac's gain popularity  richdave | 12/02/04
You're right, for once  Fred Fredrickson | 10/26/04
Here's another threat for ZDnet to publish  Richard Flude | 10/25/04
Silly Article  Jkirk3279 | 10/26/04
Re: Silly Article  richdave | 12/02/04

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