possible trojan or keylogger?

[flimzy]

I wrote a post in the games section asking whether mw2 could be played on mac. A kind enough person provided me with a wrapper to test out so i downloaded the zip file and its just sitting on my desktop for when i have the time to install it. However i was wondering if its possible this wrapper could be infected? This was the link he provided me and i downloaded the wrapper it was a zip file.


http://portingteam.com/files/file/8056-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2/

 

[mentaluproar]

It is possible, but posting team is pretty legitimate. You could always scan it with clamxAV to be sure.

 

[flimzy]

It is possible, but posting team is pretty legitimate. You could always scan it with clamxAV to be sure.

I scanned it and it was clean. However the poster on that site only had two ports so I was just concerned. But I'm still unsure. Do you think i should keep it?

 

[mentaluproar]

A picture of an icon tells us little to nothing about the contents. Good malware cannot be seen, at least not obviously.

I would say you are fine. Short of piracy, OSX is pretty resilient against malware.

 

[flimzy]

A picture of an icon tells us little to nothing about the contents. Good malware cannot be seen, at least not obviously.

I would say you are fine. Short of piracy, OSX is pretty resilient against malware.

I'm sorry I thought that might help somehow haha. But I deleted it. I just hope it hasn't installed some sort of Trojan on my comp.

 

[sjinsjca]

I'm sorry I thought that might help somehow haha. But I deleted it. I just hope it hasn't installed some sort of Trojan on my comp.

If you didn't install or execute it, you're okay. Simply downloading something won't infect you.

 

[flimzy]

If you didn't install or execute it, you're okay. Simply downloading something won't infect you.

It was a zip I saw what was in side I
But I didn't finish the installation

 

[sjinsjca]

I didn't finish the installation

Smart. I hope you didn't start it, either.

About the only way Macs ever get infected is when someone downloads and installs "free" versions of popular software. Sometimes, the software is larded with malware, and when you say "yes" to the install you're agreeing to the installation of bad stuff, too.

The best rule is: if it seems too good to be true, run!

If in doubt, download ClamXAV from the app store (it's free), run its updater, and scan your whole machine. Best to do this overnight as it takes a long time and may bog down your machine. You'll probably get some alerts from old emails you have lying around; those target Windows machines and are not harmful to your Mac.

If it otherwise comes up clean, you got off lucky.