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Anyone know if it is just Safari that allows infection? What about Chrome?

• bradleyland 15y ago
  The infection doesn't actually occur within Safari. When you click a link, your browser is redirected to a file download. The default behavior in Safari is to unpack and run "safe" downloads. So, what happens is: 1. You click a link in Safari 2. The installer package is downloaded 3. Safari unpacks it and executes the installer Note: you are not infected yet 4. The user completes the installer wizard, entering their password along the way 5. The computer is "infected" This sucks, but it's not a drive-by infection. Yet. Chrome does not unpack and run downloads, so you'd have to execute the downloaded package yourself.