I downloaded a file from a dubious source and when the download was complete the file appeared in my appplications folder as 'terminal'. Should I be worried or concerned? Is it someone attempting to get into my computer? Please advise, thanks
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Downloaded a file from a dubious source
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Hellhammer
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MacHamster68
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the "terminal" should be in the utilities folder of your application folder , if you look there and there is a app called "terminal" already, then just delete your dubious other "terminal" ,
but it would be interesting to know what you tried to download and from where , as if it is really something like a virus who creates a terminal some might find that collectable as it would be one of the first known mac viruses 🙂
but it would be interesting to know what you tried to download and from where , as if it is really something like a virus who creates a terminal some might find that collectable as it would be one of the first known mac viruses 🙂
Hellhammer
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MacHamster68
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i just hoped it would have been the first one 🙁 so i could have downloaded it too and put it on a memory stick and preserved it as the worlds first mac virus and maybe it would have become highly collectable in 30 years time or so 😀
Another reason to not abuse admin privileges. If he happened to run that file and was a normal user, the file may not even execute, and if it does, it does so only with normal user privileges, which would isolate the issue somewhat. That wouldn't be a good predicament but wouldn't be as bad as the trojan gaining system access.