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Originally Posted by Slashdot

If you're running Safari on OS X Tiger and go to this website, a 'slightly evil' Dashboard widget will be automatically downloaded and installed and can't be removed without manually removing the file from the Library folder and rebooting the computer. The widget is called Zaptastic and is a demonstration by the author of how easy it is to exploit Dashboard for nefarious purposes. The essay, released under the Creative Commons License, goes on to describe the many ways users can be taken advantage of--imagine porn sites auto-installing adware widgets without your knowledge." So if you're on a Mac, it would be smart to view that page with something other than Safari.

The website mentioned above is http://stephan.com/widgets/zaptastic/

That's not malicious as that quote says, just an example, but I didn't want anyone to click it without knowing what it was first.

Since there's so many OS X users out there, I though I'd let you all know about this one (if you didn't already).

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i went to the page and it downloaded the widget, but nothing opened...

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I sort of doubt it does anything.

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yeah but it didnt install anything, just downloaded