Virus problem this morning

[munkery]

Yeah, I know. That's a mistake I don't plan on making again. :-(

Sorry for sounding jerky, didn't mean to come off that way. Also, I am somewhat of a jerk.

Honesty is the best medicine, other than dopamine agonists.

 

[mike97208]

For anyone who is interested

Here are a couple of screen captures.

There were over one million objects scanned by the Kaspersky software with 8 objects detected/disinfected.

On the left image, I erased only my name. I deleted all of these files, of course.

 

[munkery]

Here are a couple of screen captures.

There were over one million objects scanned by the Kaspersky software with 8 objects detected/disinfected.

On the left image, I erased only my name. I deleted all of these files, of course.

What were the other seven threats?

Were they all part of MACDefender?

Were they Windows malware?

Were they phishing emails in your emails folder?

Do you work for Kaspersky?

 

[mike97208]

What were the other seven threats?

Were they all part of MACDefender?

Were they Windows malware?

Were they phishing emails in your emails folder?

Do you work for Kaspersky?

They were all related to the MacDefender or had something about Mac in them.

I don't think they were Windows malware.

I don't know if they were phishing emails in my email folder. How do I find out?

No, I don't work for Kaspersky and I don't know anybody who does.

I have the Kaspersky scanning window on my desktop and it says:
Objects scanned: 5085
Dangerous objects detected/disinfected: 30/30

If there are no viruses for Mac what could those items be?

 

[r.j.s]

If there are no viruses for Mac what could those items be?

Tracking cookies.

 

[GGJstudios]

If there are no viruses for Mac

There aren't any viruses in the wild that run on Mac OS X, and there never has been.

what could those items be?

Most likely various components of the same issue. Be aware, however, that some antivirus will consider a cookie to be a "dangerous object", even though it isn't. Many of the antivirus firms will exaggerate "threats" in order for you to feel they're giving you your money's worth. iAntiVirus is notorious for adding bogus things to their "virus list" to hype the justification for their product.

 

[r.j.s]

iAntiVirus is notorious for adding bogus things to their "virus list" to hype the justification for their product.

What, you mean the viruses for Classic?

 

[GGJstudios]

What, you mean the viruses for Classic?

Yes, and the proof-of-concepts and all the other non-malware on their list. This post has details.