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incrediBILL - 4:29 pm on Jun 2, 2008 (gmt 0)
Whoever stated this should be called someone from "Apple's LACK of Security Team". People don't expect malicious files to just appear on their desktop and allowing your software to do such a thing is so wrong, Apple needs to be smacked. Allowing anything to download files automatically is a huge risk, especially if it dumps them on the desktop. The odds of accidentally launching the file when trying to delete it are pretty substantial for the less than computer savvy, not to mention the curiosity factor of wanting to see what it is. Most viruses spread because people are stupid and do stupid things so when you give stupid software to stupid people expect even more stupidity to ensue. Simply amazing. Not sure why you would use Safari on a PC except to test your web sites to see how they would work on a Mac, and if you don't trust your own sites... [edited by: incrediBILL at 4:30 pm (utc) on June 2, 2008]
"Please note that we are not treating this as a security issue, but a further measure to raise the bar against unwanted downloads," someone from Apple's security team I'm moving my Safari installations into a Virtual PC until this blows over.