Hi I heared from a lot people that this isnt dangerous blah blah
because I only download images from sources I trust. Hmm to show that
this is bullshit i made a little example.

http://tmp.webschreinerei.de/macos/
(the image isnt infected or anything just a textfile in it)

When someone clicks o

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Yes, it's just that if 'Open "safe" files after downloading' is ebabled it
would be slightly more automatic. While not likely to make a difference to
advanced users, it would probably make it easier for novice users to be
exploited.

Marc Fossi
Symantec Corp.
www.symantec.com

On Tue, 21 Nov 200

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Another reason to make sure that the 'Open "safe" files after downloading'
option is unchecked in Safari.

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21201

I really hope Apple turns this off by default in Leopard or just removes
the option entirely.

Marc Fossi
Symantec Corp.
www.symantec.com

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Hello,

A paper I wrote and released to Symantec customers back in July has now
been made publicly available. The paper discusses the current state of
the OS X Threat Landscape, but does not try to reveal any new
information or novel research. Rather it is meant to serve as a summary
and overview of

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