Despite many tech sites reporting on the “Opener” script, MacFixIt says that it is not as dangerous as it is being made out to be. “There is no immediate threat with which to be concerned for this, or any other malicious shell script currently in circulation — running the ‘opener’ script and allowing it to do any damage requires root authentication, which must be locally entered by a Mac OS X administrator,” reports MacFixIt.
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Read MoreA new script-based virus dubbed “Opener” can reportedly disable Mac OS X’s built-in firewall, steal personal information and destroy data. “Security experts say these traits are common among the thousands of viruses targeting Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system but are virtually unheard of on Apple’s Mac OS.
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