[LINK] Re: Windows XP versus Vista

[Rick Welykochy]

Adrian Chadd wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 26, 2008, Rick Welykochy wrote:
> 
>> "What???s important to realise, however, is that this Trojan doesn???t
>>  exploit a vulnerability in OS X, Leopard, Tiger, or any Apple code.
>>  This Trojan exploits the vulnerability within the person sitting in
>>  front of the keyboard."
> 
> Of course, I'm constantly surprised why a third-party CODEC runs with full
> system privileges. :)
> 
> "Broken By Design" is the concept here.

  don't know what you mean by "full system privileges".

To install *any* software on Mac OS X, you need Administrator access
rights. This prevents software from being installed by stealth.

If you are referring to whether OS kernel is required to run the
codec, I simply do not know.


cheers
rickw



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