ambrosiasw.com— Andrew Welch, El Presidente of Mac shareware company Ambrosia Software, has disassembled the supposed Mac virus and is posting updates regularly to the link.
Feb 16, 2006View in Crawl 4
> Yet I still would here mac users say that "XP gets a virus just by> plugging in the computer to the internet" Which is a crock if you are updated*If* you are updated you have better chances of not being infected but that's ignoring the fact that most Windows users don't stay up-to-date, nor should they be expected to do that. Most users are not geeks and don't want to bothered with updating at every turn. I think it would behoove Windows users to expect better of MS. How about expecting them to release something that doesn't require so many updates that average users start to ignore them?I don't use Windows so I'm not speaking from firsthand experience, but I distinctly recall there being a few Windows viruses in the last couple of years that have spread before there was an update or fix so I think staying up-to-date still wouldn't be a cure-all.
I was just reading that topic (before seeing this), and noticed all the new users. I'm guessing they're all diggers.527 Guests on now? Holy [expletive]!
OK, but the file you need to execute is a jpg and if it executes the 'command' wouldnt that mean it has a flaw/exploit in it , similar to the one windows had (that was fixed a while ago) the one that no matter the file it would execute it header or whatever regardless of the extension? Either way I hope that more viri/trogans/worms/malware/spyware is made for mac simply because I am so sick of morons saying Mac OS X is virus free and the most secure blah blah blah get over it.
>>"That's an interesting idea, providing of course that there is some way to verify that the trojan I just downloaded called Photoshop.app isn't the same thing as the Photoshop.app in my applications folder that has been given permission to run." >I imagine that it could be very easily done by just tracking the executables given permission to run according to their location in the file directory. For example photoshop.app in user > applications > photoshop.app has been given permission to run but desktop > photoshop.app has not.OS X already tracks applications, independently of their name or path. Try upgrading a program that has Keychain entried (Like Adium.app). Drag the new version in and run it. What you'll find is that OS X knows it's a different program and prompts you for whether you want it to get the old Adium.app's keychain entries (Keychain stores all your passwords, ps)It seems you can do this in OS X already. It's listed under "Parental Controls" instead of "Security", but you can definitely make a white-list of programs that are allowed to run.'
inkswampFeb 16, 2006
> Yet I still would here mac users say that "XP gets a virus just by> plugging in the computer to the internet" Which is a crock if you are updated*If* you are updated you have better chances of not being infected but that's ignoring the fact that most Windows users don't stay up-to-date, nor should they be expected to do that. Most users are not geeks and don't want to bothered with updating at every turn. I think it would behoove Windows users to expect better of MS. How about expecting them to release something that doesn't require so many updates that average users start to ignore them?I don't use Windows so I'm not speaking from firsthand experience, but I distinctly recall there being a few Windows viruses in the last couple of years that have spread before there was an update or fix so I think staying up-to-date still wouldn't be a cure-all.
cippyFeb 16, 2006
I was just reading that topic (before seeing this), and noticed all the new users. I'm guessing they're all diggers.527 Guests on now? Holy [expletive]!
diggnationdevonFeb 17, 2006
Can't even affect you, so who cares?
Closed AccountFeb 17, 2006
Excellent link, the best I've seen so far.
matt5108Feb 17, 2006
OK, but the file you need to execute is a jpg and if it executes the 'command' wouldnt that mean it has a flaw/exploit in it , similar to the one windows had (that was fixed a while ago) the one that no matter the file it would execute it header or whatever regardless of the extension? Either way I hope that more viri/trogans/worms/malware/spyware is made for mac simply because I am so sick of morons saying Mac OS X is virus free and the most secure blah blah blah get over it.
edgeofepsilonFeb 17, 2006
>>"That's an interesting idea, providing of course that there is some way to verify that the trojan I just downloaded called Photoshop.app isn't the same thing as the Photoshop.app in my applications folder that has been given permission to run." >I imagine that it could be very easily done by just tracking the executables given permission to run according to their location in the file directory. For example photoshop.app in user > applications > photoshop.app has been given permission to run but desktop > photoshop.app has not.OS X already tracks applications, independently of their name or path. Try upgrading a program that has Keychain entried (Like Adium.app). Drag the new version in and run it. What you'll find is that OS X knows it's a different program and prompts you for whether you want it to get the old Adium.app's keychain entries (Keychain stores all your passwords, ps)It seems you can do this in OS X already. It's listed under "Parental Controls" instead of "Security", but you can definitely make a white-list of programs that are allowed to run.'