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Intego warns of first Mac OS X Trojan Horse
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<blockquote data-quote="Seeker" data-source="post: 27695"><p><strong>concerned</strong></p><p></p><p>Whiteshark,</p><p></p><p>You mentioned for a rogue virus to modify or delete a user's files it would need permissions?</p><p></p><p>Erm.. but what if simple people like me are the only ones who use our macs and don't see a need to put a password everytime we turn on our macs? (single user logged on with default blank password)</p><p></p><p>After all I always thought one of the biggest draws to the Mac OS is its security and lack of viruses =p</p><p></p><p>appreciate any help...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seeker, post: 27695"] [b]concerned[/b] Whiteshark, You mentioned for a rogue virus to modify or delete a user's files it would need permissions? Erm.. but what if simple people like me are the only ones who use our macs and don't see a need to put a password everytime we turn on our macs? (single user logged on with default blank password) After all I always thought one of the biggest draws to the Mac OS is its security and lack of viruses =p appreciate any help... [/QUOTE]
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