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Originally Posted by iMind
At this point, Macs are still very secure..
That intego article is flawed in it's wording ( likely to sell more virus software, considering they write mac anti-virus software) .. even if your settings on your browser are set to automatically run the DMG file, the actual application will still NOT autorun..that part is impossible.
it's basically like the old school codec tricks you'd find 10 years ago on windows.
Once they figure out how to autorun a program, there will be a real threat.. but at this time it's impossible ( and would still need a root password ) hence my suggestion to change that setting in safari to mount DMG's automatically and run in a non admin account 
My point was at very best this is a bad program, not a virus. |
Well... almost all nix variants are more secure than windows out of the box, but all security begins and ends with the operator of the machine. Maybe that's the reason I didn't see much practical difference between a virus and malware.
The OS might make it easier for stupid people to remain secure, but in the end its a matter of who is behind the keyboard. A smart user can keep any operating system clean and a stupid user will be able to fuck any system up. This might be simplistic, but that is the way I will continue to look at it.
I have kept many flavors of Unix and windows/NT secure over the years. With the security issue aside I still prefer to build my own machines. Nothing apple released has yet to sway me.
It has never been about "macs suck" for me, its just a preference, but mac "fans" tend to annoy the crap out of me for some reason. All the benefits I hear about are things I have already achieved with a PC (usually at a lower price point). The only exception being some of their notebooks.