Friend sent me a link, opened it up, started to download this file:
womens-12min-animated_TXB_1.flv
Cancelled it before it fully downloaded. Will I have a virus?
I don't know what the site was because I killed Chrome too.
It's a video. Macs are not immune to malware, but no true viruses exist in the wild that can run on Mac OS X, and there never have been any since it was released over 12 years ago. The only malware in the wild that can affect Mac OS X is a handful of trojans, which can be easily avoided by practicing safe computing (see below). 3rd party antivirus apps are not necessary to keep a Mac malware-free, as long as a user practices safe computing, as described in the following link.Friend sent me a link, opened it up, started to download this file:
womens-12min-animated_TXB_1.flv
Cancelled it before it fully downloaded. Will I have a virus?
I don't know what the site was because I killed Chrome too.
If you click on a link in an email, then it will download a file -- a webpage, a pdf, a movie, whatever the URL points to. What did you think would happen?Friend sent me a link, opened it up, started to download this file:
If you click on a link in an email, then it will download a file -- a webpage, a pdf, a movie, whatever the URL points to. What did you think would happen?
Was there any text in the email, like "here's a video of my animated women"?
It's worth pointing out that Flash is know to have MANY vulnerabilities, so the flash movie could potentially contain some exploit that might be harmful to you computer (though it would need authorisation to do serious damage and still would not spread like a virus).
Friend sent me a link, opened it up, started to download this file:
womens-12min-animated_TXB_1.flv
Cancelled it before it fully downloaded. Will I have a virus?
I don't know what the site was because I killed Chrome too.