Sunday, May 8, 2005

Automatically install malicious Dashboard widget


This is an interesting web page that describes how a web page can automatically install a Dashboard widget.  It also looks like Apple does not provide a way for you to remove an installed Dashboard widget. 


This web page installs a moderately malicious widget.  In order to remove it, you will have to manually remove it and restart the Dashboard.


Apple need to prevent these types of attacks.


[via Slashdot]

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