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<blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1023808" data-attributes="member: 145676">That is good info.&nbsp; If you read my post I agreed with you - as I said it may not be JavaScript but there are vulnerabilities.&nbsp; For example, if you can turn off the Mac you can get in, but that is true of every OS, even linux.&nbsp; After hanging out in this forum for a while I think people play down security a little too much.&nbsp; There are a myriad of security threats out there that have nothing to do with viruses - keylogging, phishing, social engineering, man in the middle attacks, bad installs are all other ways to get hacked on a Mac as most of these attacks have nothing to do with what OS you are running (other than bad installs)<a href="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/11/mac_trojan" target="_blank">New Apple Trojan Means Mac Hunting Season Is Open</a>Note on this forum someone may have gotten this trojan - but again this was a combination of social engineering (dude said he had is password written nearby his computer) and a trojan - I am just advocating caution even with a Mac.&nbsp; It is also why I asked to OP if he was asked to install a codec.&nbsp; The usual keys of having everything up to date, having strong passwords, paying attention to certificates and ssl, all should keep you safe - but I don't see that reiterated very often - just the usual rote quote of there are no viruses for Mac.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IvanLasston, post: 1023808, member: 145676"] That is good info. If you read my post I agreed with you - as I said it may not be JavaScript but there are vulnerabilities. For example, if you can turn off the Mac you can get in, but that is true of every OS, even linux. After hanging out in this forum for a while I think people play down security a little too much. There are a myriad of security threats out there that have nothing to do with viruses - keylogging, phishing, social engineering, man in the middle attacks, bad installs are all other ways to get hacked on a Mac as most of these attacks have nothing to do with what OS you are running (other than bad installs) [URL="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/11/mac_trojan"]New Apple Trojan Means Mac Hunting Season Is Open[/URL] Note on this forum someone may have gotten this trojan - but again this was a combination of social engineering (dude said he had is password written nearby his computer) and a trojan - I am just advocating caution even with a Mac. It is also why I asked to OP if he was asked to install a codec. The usual keys of having everything up to date, having strong passwords, paying attention to certificates and ssl, all should keep you safe - but I don't see that reiterated very often - just the usual rote quote of there are no viruses for Mac. [/QUOTE]

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