Because of the first worm, too many people were suddenly starting to think about and investigate the possibility of writing a Mac OS X worm. Publishing the exploit as fast as possible is the best for all Apple users. I think at the end of the week, every Apple user will know about it. |
I think Apple did the right thing. The fact that a script gets executed automatically had to be fixed immediately. They just have to go further. |
In my opinion, it is better to release several security updates. Apple fixed the serious part very quick and that's good. |
While the Finder allows the user to find out that the file is an executable ? with a right-click, for example ? many users will not do that. They just look at the icon, which can be the same typically used for innocent files. |