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CamXav found this on my Mac!!!

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Leakyfawcet

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Feb 12, 2009
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/Users/*******/Downloads/OCS Form.exe: Worm.Autorun-1805 FOUND
/Users/*******/Downloads/OCS Form.exe: moved to '/Users/*******/Desktop/quarantine///OCS Form.exe'
----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 538974
Engine version: 0.94.2
Scanned directories: 160743
Scanned files: 592238
Infected files: 1
Data scanned: 23686.15 MB
Time: 5365.874 sec (89 m 25 s)

ClamXav v1.1.1 - ClamAV 0.94.2/9242/Wed Apr 15 22:17:51 2009 - ClamXav

One or more infected files were found and were moved to the quarantine folder: "/Users/*******/Desktop/quarantine/".
 
Thanks guys, this is the second false alarm I've had in the past couple months.
 
Send it to an arrogant Windows user, name it "I'm a PC"....

No that's to cruel, chances are confickers already got them, with it's Nazi symbols and Russian hackers etc yada yada yada
 
ClamXav only finds windows viruses (as none are known for the mac ;)) so you should never be worried by its results unless you network with pcs and share info b/w them.
 
MacBook.Matt said:
ClamXav only finds windows viruses (as none are known for the mac ;)) so you should never be worried by its results unless you network with pcs and share info b/w them.
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there are viruses for OS X - it's just they are very rare.

look at the one that infected torrented iLife '09 files
 
michael.lauden said:
there are viruses for OS X - it's just they are very rare.

look at the one that infected torrented iLife '09 files
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That wasn't a virus, it was malware or spyware, or one of the "ware" names, it required the user to enter their password in order to install it, a virus would've installed without needing a password.
 
michael.lauden said:
there are viruses for OS X - it's just they are very rare.

look at the one that infected torrented iLife '09 files
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There are no viruses for OS X. Period. Viruses will do their job without the user's permission. The iLife '09 was first, illegal to download, and second it required the user's permission. It didn't harm steal any personal data either.
 
Definitely a Windows worm. Yes, send it along to a Windows user. Tell them they can use the money they saved on their PC purchase for the Geek Squad or other person to clean it off. :p
 
nefan65 said:
Definitely a Windows worm. Yes, send it along to a Windows user. Tell them they can use the money they saved on their PC purchase for the Geek Squad or other person to clean it off. :p
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Oh that is so mean... ok, I laughed at first..... :D but as I still have 3 windows PC's in the house... :eek: My hubby just shakes his head at my Mac computer.... I know he is secretly jealous of it. :cool:
 
SnowLeopard2008 said:
There are no viruses for OS X. Period. Viruses will do their job without the user's permission. The iLife '09 was first, illegal to download, and second it required the user's permission. It didn't harm steal any personal data either.
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definition of virus: a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

definition of spyware: Software that collects information about a person or organization without their knowledge or informed consent and reports such data back to a third party.


you're referring to both spyware and viruses. and i see way too many posts like this

http://louisgray.com/live/2008/08/i-got-mac-os-x-virus-and-infected.html


to believe i can't get a virus.
 
flopticalcube said:
ClamXav searches for all known viruses, not just Windows ones.
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There are no OS X viruses in existence, only Windows viruses.

The only Mac threats ClamAV lists in its database are from 2007 and earlier and are no longer found in the wild.

The iServices trojans version s A and B and RSPlug trojans from revision C and newer are not detected.
 
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