Jerry, I checked Safari, and sure enough... the Open "safe" files item was checked. I unchecked it. Thanks for warning us, against I'm not sure what. I just know you are smarter than I am about these things! Mike
On Feb 21, 2006, at 10:56 PM, 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>
