iTWire - Mac malware bends browsers to suspect sites

[R.L. Grigg]

On Nov 2, 2007, at 5:30 AM, LuKreme wrote:

> But the fact is, this 'trojan' is merely an annoyance.  It does no  
> damage. And it's only SLIGHTLY more annoying that flash animation  
> banner ads, and I don't see too many people doing anything about  
> those.

Yes _this_ one happens to be a mere annoyance and does no damage, but  
would you be singing the same tune if it _was_ damaging? The  
mechanism involved could have installed anything at all - a virus,  
malware, a rootkit, etc. Not that its OSX's fault per se, this  
"exploit" would work equally on any OS. But more visibility into  
system level changes would certainly be a good thing for OSX, perhaps  
something like a Time Machine type of backup mechanism for the  
system, but on an event-driven level.

Russ