[Ti] Off_Topic: Are there OSX viruses?

[Tom R. no spam]

I get a "page not found" for the ...secunia link.

Also, may be worth mentioning for the less wary, always a
good idea to research the effectiveness, bug-freeness, and
legitimacy of *anything* offered as a fix for security
flaws.  Would be a pity to be attacked by what you hoped
would be a fix. :-)  (Not a comment about the dgtgf disk
image, which I know nothing about.)

Cheers.

On Wed, 19 May 2004, John Griffin wrote:

> No virus' as such, but there is a serious security flaw that has recently
> been discovered:
>
> http://www.macintouch.com/i.2004.05.18.secunia
>
> Apparently it can be triggered by clicking on a link at a remote web site
> that can launch the Help application on your computer and run an applescript
> which is hidden in the link. If the author is nasty enough it can do all
> kinds of damage on your computer. You can download a patch that can deal
> with this problem at:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/olliewagner/dgtgf.dmg
>
> It is well written with a test built in and an uninstaller (if for some
> reason you want a remote site to be able to run a script on your machine
> with or without your knowledge).