[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No Richard, it's not just for PCs...
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/11/11/064215.shtml?tid=233&tid=3
The difference at play is critical:
On a Mac the user has to at least do something explcit, while on Windows
unless you've specifically reconfigured your system you have no choice
-- simply inserting the CD triggers the auto-run which in turn triggers
the installation of the malware gateway.
Welcome to the joys of auto-run.
Too bad Bill doesn't simply teach his users how to open a CD instead.
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/personal_technology/13134753.htm>
More at slashdot:
<http://slashdot.org/~xtracto/journal/121088>
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
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