iSight randomly turned on

Okay, so my MacBook Pro iSight randomly turned for a very brief moment and i had no camera apps running i checked under processes to find "a5" which i closed, call me paranoid, but I'm scared and i want to know what it was ?

Did a clamxav scan and found something unix file cracker and the "virus" was osx.backdoor.wirenet-3 something? Now i found 2 geneio trojans?

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Any of these that are not normal,? i hope i this doesn't hurt my personal information..

Now 150GB of space got taken up in half of a second. And everything is weird.

RMXO said:

someone is spying on you. Are you in the US cause it might be the NSA.

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How do you know someone is spying on me, what gave you the proof? and I'm not in the us.

found another wire net virus, i am scared..

Cristian .b said:

maybe this will help; https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5875133?tstart=0

i would start with at least taping the webcam, im paranoid too. but one question, what do you mean with weird?

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Everything acted slow. certain apps wouldn't show up in spotlight and finder would display wrong size numbers.

Cristian .b said:

it suddenly filled 150gb space? the wirenet thingy somewhat installs lots of things. one thing to see for, is there a .install folder in your home folder? if it is, whats the contents?

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It was a jar file that i deleted and the a5 process won't appear anymore..

Cristian .b said:

a jar file? then it uses java. is there some processes using excess cpu in the activity monitor?

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Nope.

Cristian .b said:

do you have any backups? as mentioned before you should reinstall os x. that is the most secure to do.

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I definentaly have backups, but reinstalling os x would be a pain, isn't there any way to find out which files contain the virus and just delete them?

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blueroom said:

Reinstall OSX and restore from your backup.

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But if i reinstall osx and then restore from backup won't i get the same virus, isn't virus in files?

Cristian .b said:

that is certainly possible, but the wirenet malware is able to install its own components by itself. you should look inside both library folders for suspicious stuff. has the webcam turned on itself again?

EDIT: reinstalling os x and then restoring will not reinfect you, except if the backup was made after you were infected.

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Oops, i don't know how long I've had the virus for, i think more than a month but that was the first time and it has not happened again.

Cristian .b said:

oh. i found out that the earlier wirenet malware 1 and 2 was made to steal passwords from web browsers and email clients, and sending the info to the host. i guess your out of luck, but nothing is impossible. seeing suspicious activity from email?

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How do i see that? You mean that my account has sent mails etc?

iphone1105 said:

What could you possibly be doing to create these issues on your computer, seriously.....

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