Mac Security: OSX.Exploit.MetaData.B Trojan &A#JD1Tg!d8
There is a whole lot of blethering down below. Read the whole thing if you like, but there is what I am concerned about:
1) Josh said:
Either you are deliberately hiding your eyes Josh, or you are trolling. I personally explain this whenever I post my Mac Security thread. The other respectable members of these newsgroups do as well.
2) Josh said:
I can blow away your premise with one word: UNIX
Go read about it. Learn how the Unix privilege system works. Obviously you're not going to read my explanation. This will get you started: Mac OS X is built on FreeBSD Unix.
Then when you're done, go read up on Mac OS X over at Apple's site. You'll learn about all the security Apple has been continuously building in on top of that provided by UNIX. This will get you started:
Now get lost.
Intelligent malware installs a rootkit: In fact, Sony installed one on Windows computers in order to install some hidden copy-protection software. In fine, UNIX computers are hard...
-- Fortune Magazine, 11-29-05: What's your computer setup today? Frederick Brooks: I happily use a Macintosh. It's not been equalled for ease of use, and I want my computer to be a tool, not a challenge. Frederick Brooks is the author of 'The Mythical Man Month'. He spearheaded the movement to modernize computer software engineering in 1975