Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
Ivan Bayter wrote: My sister just sent me this email it was send from my mac to her but I did not send it, and today when I turn my pc on I found that my date was wrong and also ask me a lot of question about allowing or denying incoming networks, please I don't know what to do, the first thing I asked when I bought my PC was if it was a antivirus for my mac and the sales guy told me they do not need it, is this true? where do you go to clean my PC ? I live in the Toronto area In my nine years of using OS X I have never been infected with any sort of malware. Yes when they spoof your email address to send spam, or send you spam that appears to come from your own email account, it is disconcerting at first until you realize that it was just a spoof. I have run ClamXAV here and there and the only thing it ever found was something in a Windows font application, never anything that was even capable of running on OS X. I do seem to remember once reading about a malformed .jpg that was posted in some Mac forum pretending to be some sort of spy shot of new Apple hardware or something, and again a QuickTime 'updater' that some adult site would try to convince unwitting OS X users to install, and there were allegedly some infected copies of iWork or CS or something floating around the bittorrent world. Download known software from legitimate sites and you'll be ok. The biggest risk as others have mentioned is phishing. When someone asks for your personal information think twice before you hit the submit button. Tina -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
On Sep 8, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Ashgrove wrote: On Sep 8, 2:09 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: I keep getting told by authoritative folks in the IT industry that there will be a flood of OS X malware any day now; I've been hearing that for ten years. Note that classic Mac OS users should (a) install the Disinfectant INIT, (b) disable auto-start in the QuickTime control panel, and (c) find some way to avoid the spread of Word macro viruses (such as not running versions of Word later than 5.1). Fortunately, these are all free. Amen to that. As a late switcher, it took me nearly a year to finally get rid of ClamXav, and a full three years till I finally tuned out all those apocalyptic pundits. Now, if I could stop people from sneezing on my Macs... Isn't there an app for that? ;-) Josh -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
I keep getting told by authoritative folks in the IT industry that there will be a flood of OS X malware any day now; I've been hearing that for ten years. Any day now. I do wish you'd let those wonderful IT folks know about your discovery. I was delighted to discover recently that my company has finally adopted a VPN client that is supported on the Mac...but that requires antivirus software be installed on your Mac.Doh! Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
Er... Adrian... cold virus? It was a joke, of course, although not a good one. Personally, I used ClamXav for a while when I first switched from Windows, until I finally realized it was a waste of RAM and uninstalled it. The OP seems to have several problems, all apparently unrelated, but until we get more info, like Bruce suggested, it's all guesswork. F On Sep 8, 12:08 am, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Ashgrove salum...@gmail.com wrote: Virus on your Mac? You're SO wrong, Wallace. Of course it's perfectly possible, say, if you have a cold and sneeze on it... -- __ Either you lost the thread or misread my response to someone else's problem. I in myexperience am not wrong. If Windows is ON a Mac That part of the HD can be infected. Never saw any Mac OS with any sort of code infection. Nor heard of any credible report of one in the wild. Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringerhttp://www.facebook.com/FluxStringerhttp://www.linkedin.com /in/fluxstreamcommunicationshttp://flux-influx.blogspot.com/http://remnantsofthestorm.blogspot.comhttp://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
Wallace, Sorry you didn't get a straight answer. What operating system are you using? FYI, two searches, one for Mac Virus, the other for Man Antivirus... http://www.google.com/search?q=virus%20for%20macie=utf-8oe=utf-8 http://www.google.com/search?q=mac%20antivirusie=utf-8oe=utf-8 -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
Correction: That's Mac Antivirus... although for some guys, Man Antivirus might be a good thing to have. On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Jack Suggs jhs...@gmail.com wrote: Wallace, Sorry you didn't get a straight answer. What operating system are you using? FYI, two searches, one for Mac Virus, the other for Man Antivirus... http://www.google.com/search?q=virus%20for%20macie=utf-8oe=utf-8 http://www.google.com/search?q=mac%20antivirusie=utf-8oe=utf-8 -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
On Sep 8, 8:16 am, Jack Suggs jhs...@gmail.com wrote: Correction: That's Mac Antivirus... although for some guys, Man Antivirus might be a good thing to have. On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Jack Suggs jhs...@gmail.com wrote: Wallace, Sorry you didn't get a straight answer. What operating system are you using? FYI, two searches, one for Mac Virus, the other for Man Antivirus... http://www.google.com/search?q=virus%20for%20macie=utf-8oe=utf-8 http://www.google.com/search?q=mac%20antivirusie=utf-8oe=utf-8 Hmmm, did I see $$$ signs and snakeoil in the top hits? Al Poulin -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
I have Virtual PC 7 installed on 2 Macs. Here is confirmation that Macs can be infected: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828574 On 08/09/10 12:08 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Ashgrove salum...@gmail.com mailto:salum...@gmail.com wrote: Virus on your Mac? You're SO wrong, Wallace. Of course it's perfectly possible, say, if you have a cold and sneeze on it... -- __ Either you lost the thread or misread my response to someone else's problem. I in myexperience am not wrong. If Windows is ON a Mac That part of the HD can be infected. Never saw any Mac OS with any sort of code infection. Nor heard of any credible report of one in the wild. Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com mailto:fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringer http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://remnantsofthestorm.blogspot.com http://remnantsofthestorm.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
We took a poll years ago on the PCI list. Out of responses from that list and soem who responded with figures from other lists of about 2,500 listers only one real virus was found and that was something a company cooked up to scare Mac users into buying their product. And I read nothing of the current state of affairs to lead me to believe this has changed. If Mac OS X infecting bugs are out there they exist to sell preventative software. I'm sure Bruce or someone who must administer IT for a large installation will set the record straight if this is wrong. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
Oh boy. Here we go again. By the way, nowadays viruses other than malware are usually nothing more than that: something a company cooks up to scare computer users into buying their product. And the most effective forms of malware are not viruses, but phishing, which require you to actively go to their fake websites and voluntarily give them all your personal info --something that afflicts PCs and Macs alike. F On Sep 8, 12:03 pm, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: We took a poll years ago on the PCI list. Out of responses from that list and soem who responded with figures from other lists of about 2,500 listers only one real virus was found and that was something a company cooked up to scare Mac users into buying their product. And I read nothing of the current state of affairs to lead me to believe this has changed. If Mac OS X infecting bugs are out there they exist to sell preventative software. I'm sure Bruce or someone who must administer IT for a large installation will set the record straight if this is wrong. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
On Sep 8, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: And I read nothing of the current state of affairs to lead me to believe this has changed. If Mac OS X infecting bugs are out there they exist to sell preventative software. I'm sure Bruce or someone who must administer IT for a large installation will set the record straight if this is wrong. With the caveat that Anecdote != Data : I've been using Macs since 1987, and helping to administer a reasonably large institution's (mainly WIndows-based) systems since 1994. In all that time: There have been occasional proofs of concept malware releases for OS X, but they have never propagated very far, if at all. I've never seen one in the wild here. All the malware that our current AV systems see are 100% Windows-based. (and they do have the Mac malware profiles included) The ONLY stuff we've ever caught on Macs are Windows-oriented email attachments that came in on HD's from other institutions. I have *once* run into websites doing funky stuff to Mac-identifiable web browsers, that was about two years ago, and it didn't last very long. I've twice run into seriously malformed malware websites that have tried very hard to convince me that my C:\Windows directory was infected with a long list of nasty-sounding bits of software. I got the WDEF virus spread pretty nastily through my stack of System 6 floppy disks, which updating to System 7 cured. That's about it. I never got caught by the later classic Mac viruses because all you had to do to avoid those was turn of Program Autoexecution in the Quicktime Control panel. I've been told that you can occasionally find Word Macro viruses lurking about in old, moldering software and mailing list archives, although those may also be ...and then they found a HOOK in the fender of the car!!! tales. I keep getting told by authoritative folks in the IT industry that there will be a flood of OS X malware any day now; I've been hearing that for ten years. Any day now. (and it's not a matter of market share...I've witnessed a bit of PC malware go around that was aimed at a specific firewall product that probably had a worldwide distribution in the low 10,000's of copies.) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
On Sep 8, 2:09 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: I keep getting told by authoritative folks in the IT industry that there will be a flood of OS X malware any day now; I've been hearing that for ten years. Amen to that. As a late switcher, it took me nearly a year to finally get rid of ClamXav, and a full three years till I finally tuned out all those apocalyptic pundits. Now, if I could stop people from sneezing on my Macs... F -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
On Sep 7, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Ivan Bayter wrote: Hello guys, My sister just sent me this email it was send from my mac to her but I did not send it, and today when I turn my pc on I found that my date was wrong and also ask me a lot of question about allowing or denying incoming networks, please I don't know what to do, the first thing I asked when I bought my PC was if it was a antivirus for my mac and the sales guy told me they do not need it, is this true? where do you go to clean my PC ? I live in the Toronto area First things first. First of all,tell us what Mac, what version of the OS you're using. I can state that the email message in your sister's email box almost certainly (99.%) did NOT come from your computer...spam just doesn't work that way these days. The From: line is almost certainly forged. Second the date being wrong is more likely due to a dead PRAM battery, and your normal wireless network wasn't enabled for some reason? There is no dialog I can think of you could get that would ask abot 'allowing or denying' incoming networks. Tell us *exactly* what the error says. Finally, the odds are enormously *against* you having a virus on your mac. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
Virus ON your Mac ? Highly unlikely unless you run Windows on the machine. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !
Virus on your Mac? You're SO wrong, Wallace. Of course it's perfectly possible, say, if you have a cold and sneeze on it... Felix On Sep 7, 7:20 pm, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: Virus ON your Mac ? Highly unlikely unless you run Windows on the machine. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
