Re: Debunking the threat of the Mac OS X Trojan

[Thomas Vincent <thomasv () mac com>]

As it turns out it is not that the code is executed while it is in a 
MP3. It is that MP3 is executed as a application.

Cheers,
Tom

On Apr 10, 2004, at 12:22 PM, phased wrote:

> > The real question I have is it a feature or a security issue that code
> > in the id tag of a MP3 file is executed?
> an insecure feature i would say
>
>  Also, is Intego guilty of
> > trying to cash in on the virus craze?
> of course they are, its their business
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