Tuesday, April 24, 2007
There's a Mac problem of some kind
Useful details are thin on the ground, but there's some kind of remote takeover problem that apparently depends on playing Quicktime videos from the web with Java enabled.
"What?!", you might well ask.
You and me both. Until some useful information gets published, prudent avoidance would be to go to Firefox Preferences, choose Content, and turn off Enable Java if you spend a lot of time watching Quicktime videos from strangers.
There's no word about whether bad guys are doing anything to take advantage of the problem, or about whether Apple has a fix.
UPDATE 5/1:
Apple has released a patch, run Software Update soon. There are also updates you need to get if you run WinAmp, Trillian, or Photoshop.
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"What?!", you might well ask.
You and me both. Until some useful information gets published, prudent avoidance would be to go to Firefox Preferences, choose Content, and turn off Enable Java if you spend a lot of time watching Quicktime videos from strangers.
There's no word about whether bad guys are doing anything to take advantage of the problem, or about whether Apple has a fix.
UPDATE 5/1:
Apple has released a patch, run Software Update soon. There are also updates you need to get if you run WinAmp, Trillian, or Photoshop.
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