Ed Leafe
>It isn't about sheer numbers; it's about the overall security
>design. Example: people were surprised when news of a trojan that
>attacked OS X machines was reported earlier this year. Windows
>fanbois were falling over themselves to loudly trumpet that OS X was
>just as vulnerable as Windows. Of course, it turned out that the only
>way someone could get attacked was to deliberately launch an unknown
>executable program, and then enter their admin password when
>prompted. That's hardly what I would call insecure.

Could it be this you are talking about
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/64163,phishing-trojan-targets-mac-os-x.aspx

Not some obscure exe requiring a admin password but a download this
codec to get free porn malware.  You know the same thing that Windows
has been vilified for.


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