However judging from your description of your “average computer user” it appears likely that you work in a preschool.

I wouldn’t have anyone in my employ who was daft enough not to understand what that dialog says (Again I can’t imagine that any secondary school (high school) graduate would have a problem understanding that dialog)

“Do you want contact signed by “ComuTv” to have access to your computer”
This certificate could not be verified. Do not trust it if you do not know who issued it

Cancel or continue…

Is pretty self explanatory even to a fifth grader
So, I guess I have to ask the famous question:
“Are you smarter than a 5th grader?”

Just to clarify; no this is not a “real risk” to anyone one with a modicum of common sense. And no, OS X is not becoming like windows (which is a cesspool of exploits & viruses that are both unlikely to be able to be detected or removed even if detected)

“I never said a thing about Windows. I said that the threat level is increasing and Apple should up it’s game.”

Pap, you don’t even know what you write just 5 short hours ago do you?

Pap said at 1:33 pm:
“You used to see stuff like that only on Windows and it is creeping into the Maciverse.”

You aren’t even a competent troll.

It’s a question so why not some proper buttons like “Yes” or “No”. Would you say “Cancel” or “Continue” if someone directly asked you that question?

“Continue” doesn’t give any clue to what the next step is or what will happen if you click it.

“Yes, give access” would make more sense.

Just goes to show that it usually pays to use the most up-to-date OS available.

That OS X go a benign java “malware” (wasn’t’ a virus because it couldn’t replicate) that was easy to spot and dead simple to remove is not even close to equivalent.

It is like saying “a spring shower and a class 4 hurricane are equivalent because both can case flooding.”
While that is true both can cause flooding the statement is false because it uses false criteria (that causing local stream flooding is equivalent to the storm surge of a massive hurricane)
Winditiots use this “every platform has security issues” to justify their stupidity of clinging onto a operating system with MASSIVE security issues when much better alternatives exist (OS X, Linux- de jour, BSD) because it is all they know.

Like it or not, plenty of people use Java, Flash & Office to get their business done.

Yesterday I was searching for DVD cover art for a Concert DVD I had bought and what Google showed as an image file was hot-linked to a bit torrent site (supposedly) with a pop up yes/no dialog box that would not disappear, would not allow the tab to close and resisted everything (including Command Q) but a force quit (kill) of Safari. You used to see stuff like that only on Windows and it is creeping into the Maciverse.

The moral of the story is that I should have scanned my DVD cover for iTunes cover art instead of a Google image search, but the bigger story is that there are vulnerabilities in the Apple universe. Google’s recent fine was for what amounts to iOS hacking via Safari, so Apple users should still be wary.

The Mac is the safest consumer OS out there, but it can still be had.

Mac haters jump up and down with glee and say, “See! The Mac is just as bad as the PC!”

Well the truth of the matter is no, it is not. This does not mean you shouldn’t be as vigilant as anyone else on the Internet, but I do submit that you are still playing it safer by going Mac instead of Windows.

One rule of thumb is to think twice before installing software that can instructions (programs) from external sources. {Cough}Java{Cough}Flash{Cough}Office{Cough.}

Although it does go to show that Java is just as bad, if not worse, than Flash in regards to security. Time to abandon that as well.

PowerPC? Apple’s somehow responsible for security for an architecture they abandoned 5 years ago?!!!

Nice work, F-Secure. Best FUD built on nothing I’ve seen in a long time.