Re: Mac Virus?

[David Ensteness]

The other major advantage is that Mac OS X does not grant root access 
to applications as Windows does. I as a user must authorize 
applications to run installers, access system resources, and modify 
system files. Applications under Windows can run without prompting the 
user or even notifying them that they are running, installing, or 
accessing system level resources.  Worst case scenario is that I as a 
user authorize a worm or virus to install and run on my Mac, it is 
still generally only able to affect my user account, the system should 
be left widely safe and other user accounts should be left unaffected.

David

On Apr 13, 2004, at 10:42 AM, Peter da Silva wrote:

Good call. Once someone manages to write a SoBig-like virus for OS X 
the
mac community could be hit pretty hard if unprepared.
This can't be used to trigger a sobig-style attack, because you can't
embed finder info in MIME.


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