Re: Mac Trojan Horse - That's the truth?
Re: Mac Trojan Horse - That's the truth?
- Subject: Re: Mac Trojan Horse - That's the truth?
- From: "Anthony D. Saxton" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:46:21 -0700
On Apr 11, 2004, at 02:55 PM, Paul Richards wrote:
Sorry, sent this from the wrong email address.
On Apr 11, 2004, at 5:18 PM, Anthony D. Saxton wrote:
This isn't really a Trojan Horse... It's more like a programming
lesson
True, but it could be easily used as the framework for a nastier one.
I'm hoping it doesn't happen before this gets plugged. But the bottom
line is still playing it smart when it comes to your use of the
Internet.
As any program example in the C Primer Manual could be used as a
framework for a nastier one. This thing is hardly a Trojan Horse! It's
not even a very good joke! I remember a much better one that put little
bugs all over the Mac Plus screen that acted much better for April
Fools.
It does nothing destructive (would require Administrative Password)
A destructive version could do lots of damage to the user's home
directory. It just can't do anything to the system files without an
admin password.
Again, not without a password or direct access to the user's keychain.
Applications don't have Read/Write access to much of anything without a
password. Even then, without propagation, this would effect one user.
That user is unlikely going to send this program that just deleted his
Documents folder to a friend...
nor does it propagate which would require Apple's Mail program to
accept scripting which it currently does not.
Mail is scriptable. I script it all the time from Filemaker Pro. Take
a look at its dictionary with Script Editor.
Yes. There is limited scripting. Nothing that wouldn't leave a blatant
trail and run hidden from the user. I'm not saying that creating such a
program isn't possible, just that this one isn't and couldn't be one.
It simply doesn't meet any of the criteria of a Trojan Horse.
Anthony D. Saxton
President
The Las Vegas Macintosh User's Group
http://www.lvmug.com/
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