[X4U] Spy via Widgets

[Enrico Franconi]

On 5 Jul 2006, at 23:13, Paul Moortgat wrote:

> This message I got from a friend.  It points to a French site.  The  
> Mac OSX 10.4.7. is talking behind your back to APPLE thru your widgets
>
> have a look at the URL
>
> http://www.macosx86.net/WebObjects/MacOSX86FO.woa/7/wa/news? 
> id=2294&wosid=pZvhEuoGK1deFoUap9TXL0
>
> where a simple solution thru the Terminal program is given.  Type  
> in Terminal:
>
> sudo mv /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist /etc/mach_init.d/ 
> dashboardadvisoryd.plist.disabled

A better solution is at:
<http://pp.hillrippers.ch/blog/2006/07/04/Disable+the 
+dashboardadvisory-daemon/>

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ 
com.apple.dashboard.advisory.fetch.plist

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