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If a trojan is hidden in an installer package you can't do anything against it. It could happen very easy in the OSx86 scene: Hey, here's the driver package for the nVidia GeForce 280GTX! Oh yeah, lets install... you have to type your password and you're lost. I think especcially in the scene we should exactly know which package is made from which person. Maybe someone should create a fully new installer only for OSx86 packages, so that we're independent to the Apple installer.
I think viruses which damage the software or the harddisk contents only are rather uncommon today, mostly they want to connect to the net. For this a personal firewall could be handy, I'm using Little Snitch. I'm blocking nearly every program which wants to eatablish an internet connection, even only for updates or something else. Even Quicktime Player and VLC aren't allowed to access the net. Of course, this is no total safety, but it's better than nothing. I have a shell script which is hidden in a .jpg file and can establish system access. But it doesen't any ham, it was an example from Heise Security, a german newspage.
2 Opteron systems: OSx86 10.5.8, Andy's 9.8.0 kernel, Asus A8N-SLI Premium, Opteron 185 o'clocked @ 2 x 2,95 GHz (2nd system 2.6 GHz), ATI Radeon HD2600XT 256MB Dual-Monitor 2x HP L2035, 4 GB RAM, Griffin FireWave as main audio device, Marvell + nForce LAN, Asus U3S6 USB3/SATA6 card, 5,5 TB harddisk, Firewire 800 card, Apple Remote + eHome IR receiver, 2x Wacom serial graphics tablet, Canon Pixma iP4700, Logitech Internet Navigator wireless keyboard/mouse combination.
My Audio stuff: M-Audio Transit USB (default audio), M-Audio ProFire 610, M-Audio ProFire Lightbridge (34 channels) using Creamware A16 ADAT converter • MIDI: M-Audio Midiman 4x MIDI interface • Behringer Audio Mixers: Xenyx 1002, Xenyx 1002FX, Xenyx 1202FX, Eurorack UB1002FX, Eurorack MX1804FX, Eurorack MX262A • FX devices: Lexicon MPX100 DSP, Behringer DSP-1000 Virtualizer, Behringer MiniFEX 800 DSP, Behringer Multicom Pro MDX4400 compressor • RETRO: MSSIAH midi/sequencer/synthesizer cardridge for the C64 (Dual-SID), Steinberg M.S.I. MIDI Interface for C64
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