This is just fud from antivirus vendors trying to spook people:

"We won't disclose the exact technique used here--it's a feature not a bug"

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Look, I know the focus of your point is not to tell people anything is secure since it doesn't serve your alarmist purpose but saying something is possible means NOTHING. It is in theory possible to rob Fort Knox using a computer simuation but in the real world? Every possibility so far requires the...

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Sorry... this is not FUD *FROM* an A/V company... this is just a simply concept I had when writing InqTana. This technique HAS already been disclosed at http://www.digitalmunition.com/Macrocosm.tar.gz

The point is that code like this code could easily be coupled with the latest Safari or Firefox ...

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While the article leaves a lot to be desired in terms of applicability to the real-world, let's not dismiss every new Mac vuln outright as impossible or as FUD. Such a head-in-the-sand approach leads only to ignorance, a close cousin of FUD.

I'm not saying we Mac owners need to go out & purchase ...

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If a user initiates an installer, then the installer can put a "library" into the "home" Library (or System Library, _IF_ the user verifies the install with an admin password). The "library" file, which could be called every time the newly installed prog runs, could cause another prog to run. This i...

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It was reported later that opening the pop-up windows - the main function of this spyware program - will continue even if Safari browser is shut down.

Link to the McAfee malware description:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_140972.htm...

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