Possibility of Passing on a virus to a PC

[kman1987]

Hey Everyone,

I recently made a video using iMovie (and my built in camera) and sent it to a PC friend. When he received it, his computer crashed and he claims I sent him a virus.

Is that possible?

I could understand if I forwarded him a file that I downloaded off the net, but a file I created on my mac using iMovie?

 

[MisterMe]

...

I recently made a video using iMovie (and my built in camera) and sent it to a PC friend. ... he claims I sent him a virus.

Is that possible?

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No, it is nonsense on several levels:

• There are no MacOS X viruses in the wild.
• If there were, then the virus would be a be a MacOS X virus. It could not infect a Windows computer.
• Video editors are not virus development systems.

 

[isethx]

a virus no. However come to think of it last year I burnt some files made in final cut pro onto a DVD with a mac pro and put that DVD into my dell and it crashed my computer and I mean hard. I hardly could get the thing back on and it did it everytime I tried however the DVD loaded just fine on a number of other macs

 

[mathcolo]

Yeah I don't think that a Windows user could get a virus just because you sent them a QuickTime movie... However if QuickTime Player itself was infected then that could have exploited their computer.

 

[EV0LUTION]

Hey Everyone,

I recently made a video using iMovie (and my built in camera) and sent it to a PC friend. When he received it, his computer crashed and he claims I sent him a virus.

Is that possible?

I could understand if I forwarded him a file that I downloaded off the net, but a file I created on my mac using iMovie?

If he's using a PC let it die. Tell him to get a mac

 

[rhett7660]

Did he say what program he tried to open the disc with?

 

[kman1987]

Did he say what program he tried to open the disc with?

I guess I sent it to him in .m4v and he downloaded a player online to play it.

thanks isethx, i think that might have been the case.

 

[old-wiz]

I guess I sent it to him in .m4v and he downloaded a player online to play it.

thanks isethx, i think that might have been the case.

Far more likely there is something fishy about the player he downloaded. That kind of thing is a good opportunity for installing viruses and hacks.