In a recent security bulletin, Microsoft warned users that Apple’s Safari Web browser for Windows exposes PCs to a security hole that permits potentially malicious files to be downloaded to a user’s computer and run without prompting the user.
The Microsoft bulletin comes two weeks after a security researcher warned both Microsoft and Apple that Safari introduces a vulnerability in Windows and OS X machines that allows any rogue Web site to deluge a user’s Desktop directory (Windows), or Downloads directory (Apple), with unwanted files.
We strongly recommend that anyone interested in trying Safari for Windows wait until the security hole is fixed to install it.
For more information, see the original article from Brian Kreb’s May 31st Security Fix column on the Washington Post website, and the follow-up article published June 9th.
