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More details about severity of attack
On Windows machines, a user falling for the bait gets to a series of Web pages featuring pornographic content and, at the end, a prompt to update a video codec. That fake codec is a piece of malware.

Hmm, sounds like significant user interaction is required for this to work on Windows. Good to know!

On the Mac platform, Intego reports that the download is a disk image called ActiveXsetup.dmg.

This is far more worrisome since the default configuration of Safari will silently (without user interaction), mount downloaded disk images! From the sounds of this, OS X users can get infected with far less user interaction than is required on Windows.
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More details about severity of attack  NonZealot | 06/24/09
I'm OS X stupid...  JoeMama_z | 06/24/09
Several privilege escalation attacks  NonZealot | 06/24/09
Mac OS X will not...  CowLauncher | 06/24/09
Factually incorrect  NonZealot | 06/24/09
No...  olePigeon | 06/24/09
Whats with all these OSX warnings? It sounds worse than Vista!!  Cayble | 06/24/09
@Cayble  NonZealot | 06/25/09
NonZealot  macpipkin | 06/24/09
Nonzi, you're clueless...  GSavage777 | 06/24/09
You get multiple Cancel or Allow prompts?  NonZealot | 06/25/09
Is OS X losing its "safety" advantage?  NonZealot | 06/24/09
Is OS X losing its "safety" advantage?  DougAlder | 06/24/09
intersting  jdbukis@... | 06/24/09
I think the point was ...  de-void | 06/25/09
It never had an advantage to begin with  georgeou | 06/25/09
Clicking through links on a pornographic website...  urbandk | 06/24/09
Just like seat belt law  LiquidLearner | 06/24/09
The first sophisticated OSX attack  honeymonster | 06/24/09
This is not the first OSx attack...  Narg | 06/25/09
DIY Removal  brunerd | 06/25/09
This will affect Windows users more than Mac users Non-Zealot  AdventTech67 | 06/24/09
Microsoft leads in security  honeymonster | 06/24/09
With all said and done  AdventTech67 | 06/24/09
Losing that "advantage"?  GuidingLight | 06/24/09
Just uncheck auto mount in safari and issue is mitigated.  AdventTech67 | 06/24/09
Running as standard user or using UAC  jdbukis@... | 06/24/09
Got ya.....  daMan25 | 06/24/09
How is the user supposed to know this?  NonZealot | 06/24/09
Would I know?  FanaticGeek | 06/24/09
let me answer this in simple terms  kaninelupus | 07/06/09
Try telling that......  daMan25 | 06/24/09
Infact  jdbukis@... | 06/24/09
Abysmal security record compared to what?  NonZealot | 06/24/09
Let's be fair though...  Wolfie2K3 | 06/25/09
Marketshare happy  NonZealot | 06/25/09
N Z - Nicely Done! (NT)  Dave S2 | 06/26/09
Not quite right  NonZealot | 06/24/09
There's one more reason  rtk | 06/24/09
I have clamx av installed on my Mac.  AdventTech67 | 06/24/09
Get ready and hold on.  Cayble | 06/24/09
Ugh!  FanaticGeek | 06/24/09
Could? No.. WILL get ugly...  Wolfie2K3 | 06/25/09
I am on topic son.  AdventTech67 | 06/24/09
Wrong.....  daMan25 | 06/24/09
The first half was on topic  NonZealot | 06/24/09
Ha! I beg your pardon!?!?  Cayble | 06/24/09
so let me get this straight...  kaninelupus | 07/06/09
I'm glad you admit the truth.  Cayble | 06/24/09
It still comes to stupidity...  Phantom.si | 06/24/09
sadley...  JoeMama_z | 06/24/09
RE: Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware  Ed Shaz | 06/24/09
RE: Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware  Ed Shaz | 06/24/09
RE: Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware  Gkawasaki | 06/24/09
Huh?  FanaticGeek | 06/24/09
Was Not Hacked  iMouse | 06/25/09
RE: Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware  vilppuu@... | 06/25/09
RE: Guy Kawasaki's Twitter aand NowPublic RSS feed  vilppuu@... | 06/25/09
Hilarious  johnnydoe1894 | 06/25/09
Um...  iMouse | 06/25/09
RE: Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware  ceknight | 06/25/09
RE: Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware  rpolunsky@... | 06/25/09
RE: Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware  driveby_comment | 06/25/09
RE: Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware  Chrissd | 07/02/09

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