[Mind-numbed Robot]

I am running 10.4.4 and don't remember being asked to approve the download. Perhaps I set a preference in a way I should not have. I have also downloaded quite a few freeware widgits and other apps from Version Tracker and the Mozilla/Firefox websites. Is it possible that something I installed requires being a user to function? Some that come to mind are Automator and Quicksilver. I disable the strangers and I have trashed Quicksilver.

Thanks.

[goldstategop]

You should have typed in a password when you set up Mac OSX. You can skip and you probably did but the need for a password keeps stuff from being installed on OSX that you don't want. The reason malware can't embed itself in OSX is there's no registry to write to. Every program goes in the Applications Folder and unless on comes with a dedicated installer/uninstaller, you normally drag the icon out of the virtual mounted drive and drop it in the App Folder and it will auto-install. When you want to get rid of it, you drag the icon out to the Trash, drop it in the can and click Empty Trash Can. *Poof* its gone forever!

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[bwteim]

Try Little Snitch, pref pane program.
http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html