FYI: Mac trojan horse

[François Chaplais]

do not forget "cd /Applications/Utilities" & return before ls
best
François
Le 27 févr. 2012 à 23:44, Mark Schonewille a écrit :

> Hi,
> 
> Always when I read such articles, I can't help thinking that the antivirus software publishers have the most interest in the creation of such viruses. From the website: "You won’t be surprised to learn that Intego’s own VirusBarrier X6 software can detect Flashback if it’s installed, and even prevent it from installing in the first place." Doh. Also, this trojan only installs itself if... when... again if... and only if.... 
> 
> According to that website, this is how you can check for the trojan:
> 
> function virusCheck
>     put "ls /Users/Shared/.*.so" into myShell
>     return not (shell(myShell) contains "No such file or directory")
> end virusCheck
> 
> The function returns true if the trojan is on your machine.
> 
> --
> Best regards,
> 
> Mark Schonewille
> 
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> On 27 feb 2012, at 23:20, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote:
> 
>> Just got this from MacWorld:
>> 
>> Intego finds new strain of Mac Flashback Trojan horse
>> http://tinyurl.com/7w3weqa
>> 
>> -- Peter
>> 
>> Peter M. Brigham
>> pmbrig at gmail.com
>> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
> 
> 
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