Like I said, don't worry about it. Move on and be more aware of the websites you visit.
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Like I said, don't worry about it. Move on and be more aware of the websites you visit.
Yep, that's exactly the same thing I was referring to. I'd like 5 minutes alone in a room with whoever created that.
I happened to catch the link too..
http://wwwantispyware-09.com/scan1/?pid=71&engine==3Q40jzuNTcuMjM1LjM1JnRpbWU9MTI1ODY3MQ0NaA=N
http://wwwantispyware-09.com/scan1/?pid=71&engine==3Q40jzuNTcuMjM1LjM1JnRpbWU9MTI1ODY3MQ0NaA=N
As you are running OSX you have nothing to worry about.
Clear your cache, block the website you got bounced to and smile, safe in the knowledge you are virus free!
Clear your cache, block the website you got bounced to and smile, safe in the knowledge you are virus free!
I find these scams so lame. There's an essence of truth in it though, I've got Windows installed on my mac, and it's one big virus.
I HAVE THE MOST AMAZING THEORY ABOUT THIS. okay so u downloaded a trojan or whatever, it was made by an antivirus company, and they keep making things pop up to use the antivirus stuff! its brilliant! so then if u get the stuff, theyre gonna delete the trojan thing or whatever. lol this is an awesome theory!
I seriously hope you are joking.
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/macosxleap.html
http://mac.blorge.com/2008/03/05/troika-creates-mostly-harmless-newton-mac-osx-virus/
http://www.securemac.com/
I hope that will convince you that there in fact is viruses for Mac OS X.
None of those are viruses, just malware. In fact one you need direct contact with the computer. You can do anything to a computer with direct physical contact!
If your REALLY worried
You can download MacScan 2 and run it in demo mode to check. http://macscan.securemac.com/
There is a trojan app that will hijack your search or page and send you somewhere else.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...hijacks-your-macs-dns-spotted-in-the-wild.ars
MacScan will find it and isolate it for removal
You can download MacScan 2 and run it in demo mode to check. http://macscan.securemac.com/
There is a trojan app that will hijack your search or page and send you somewhere else.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...hijacks-your-macs-dns-spotted-in-the-wild.ars
MacScan will find it and isolate it for removal
What's your definition of a virus?
There aren't really widespread viruses for macs... but there is nothing about the mac that makes it impossible to write viruses for.
"A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, adware, and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability."
There are exactly zero viruses that run on Mac OS X.
That's true, but none exist at this time.
Your link points to 2-3 year old information that is no longer relevant. Name one virus that exists that runs on current Mac OS X. Yes, I can get 3 year old, unpatched operating systems that are susceptible to all kinds of things. Your link doesn't address my statements.
That's not a virus, since it's not self-installing. It's a trojan/worm.
I had that on a pc i used to have.it's a fake virus program that says you have viruses,then when you buy it it does nothing and plants them in your system then your screwed.
it also makes your present anti virus useless it really is bad.
No, there's not. At least no piece of software that does anything remotely that can harm you, your identity, or your data without you allowing it do so. There was one "virus" a few years back but you had to authorize it.