According to ZDNet: "Users of alternative browsers such as Firefox and Camino on the Mac are not exposed to the Web-based attack vector, experts said."
If you need some frustrating entertainment, go to Google News and follow the OSX virus link. There are 45 related stories (as of this morning) relating the doom and gloom for Apple now that it's inundated with viruses. Jerry Yeager wrote: > If you are a Safari user, open your Preferences and click on the > General tab. There is an option to allow you to Open "safe" files > after downloading. A while back it was recommended that you leave > this unchecked, but there have been several upgrades to Safari and it > may have inadvertently gotten turned back on. > > IF it is checked 'on', turn it back off for a while (uncheck it). > > There is a new way of web-sites taking advantage of your visit to > download a type of shell file that can compromise your system. Apple > should be releasing a fix soon, like they did before (the new exploit > is a version of the previous one -- just taking advantage of a slight > error that Apple did not catch last time). > > For more info: > http://secunia.com/mac_os_x_command_execution_vulnerability_test/ > > > Note: this is more of an OS-X issue than a Safari issue. Make sure > that if you use FireFox or Camino or whatnot you take similar > precautions. > Extra note: This is still NOT a virus! But it is something to be > aware of. > Extra extra note: I apologize for ending the previous sentence that > way :^) > > Jerry > > ----------------------------------- > Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure > if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. In the mean > time this next one will have to do: > > ==================== > 'W' Is for wiretap and a little more... > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
