Have you seen this? Regards Susan
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From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon May 9, 2005 6:07:41 am Europe/London To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mac Cafe] Warning to dashboard users... Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It may look cool, but:
From Slashdot,
<http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/05/08/ 2131208.shtml?tid=172&tid=179&tid=3>
IT: Malicious Web Pages Can Install Dashboard Widgets
Security
Posted by timothy on Sunday May 08, @05:49PM
from the not-good dept.
bonch writes "If you're running Safari on OS X Tiger and go to this
website <http://stephan.com/widgets/zaptastic/>, a 'slightly evil'
Dashboard widget will be automatically downloaded and installed and
can't be removed without manually removing the file from the Library
folder and rebooting the computer. The widget is called Zaptastic and is
a demonstration by the author of how easy it is to exploit Dashboard for
nefarious purposes. The essay, released under the Creative Commons
License, goes on to describe the many ways users can be taken advantage
of--imagine porn sites auto-installing adware widgets without your
knowledge." So if you're on a Mac, it would be smart to view that page
with something other than Safari.
Cheers Paul --
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