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In the discussion thread: Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware' [View all]

Thu Apr 5, 2012, 12:32 PM

cbayer (120,450 posts)

22. That's the same one I downloaded.

When I got my new computer, I looked around to see what kinds of downloads were recommended and Sophos came up on several lists.

So far I haven't seen it do anything, which I guess is good news....

Right?

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68 replies	Author	Time	Post
Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware' [View all]	mahatmakanejeeves	Apr 2012	OP
WebOS (formerly Palm OS) is open-source now, so...	Cooley Hurd	Apr 2012	#1
I am so looking forward to that.	mahatmakanejeeves	Apr 2012	#2
It's an incredible tablet - nothing fancy but it runs both OS's like a champ.	Cooley Hurd	Apr 2012	#21
Here is how to check your Mac.. Mine were ok.	LiberalArkie	Apr 2012	#3
Thanks for the info	supernova	Apr 2012	#7
Thanks.	Auggie	Apr 2012	#11
I'm such a wimp....where is the "Terminal application"	a kennedy	Apr 2012	#23
I would also like to know where the Terminal application is. n/t	RebelOne	Apr 2012	#34
It's in the Utilities folder.	Bozita	Apr 2012	#35
Does not work for me.	RebelOne	Apr 2012	#47
I'm clean as well	sakabatou	Apr 2012	#44
Thanks.	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#45
If you can find it that easy, it's not very sophisticated...	saras	Apr 2012	#60
Thanks for the information	Art_from_Ark	Apr 2012	#61
Macs were never immune	supernova	Apr 2012	#4
MACS infected with malware	TlalocW	Apr 2012	#5
That graphic is funny.	RC	Apr 2012	#8
Does anybody think Doctor Web may have a vested interest in malware & viruses?	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#9
That's a laugh-riot!	MADem	Apr 2012	#16
Heh heh heh n/t	TroglodyteScholar	Apr 2012	#36
Affects a tiny amount of Macs. How to detect, get rid of it--->	onehandle	Apr 2012	#6
lol	Vehl	Apr 2012	#26
Typical Mac Haters Club, LOL...	Grassy Knoll	Apr 2012	#37
"according to a Russian anti-virus firm."	TheManInTheMac	Apr 2012	#10
Yeah, I know what you mean.	mahatmakanejeeves	Apr 2012	#13
"Russian"	Vehl	Apr 2012	#28
Yes, I know you're right.	TheManInTheMac	Apr 2012	#56
I imagine your user name prevented it...	LanternWaste	Apr 2012	#48
No. Believe me, I don't worship at the alter of Mac.	TheManInTheMac	Apr 2012	#57
I wrote about this on DUII last year and not only was I rebuffed, it was basically ignored	DainBramaged	Apr 2012	#12
I thought they were virus and malware - proof, and that's why the inflated price was supposedly	MADem	Apr 2012	#14
Linux will remain virus free	dharmamarx	Apr 2012	#15
I agree that Linux is more secure	d_r	Apr 2012	#39
added to say	d_r	Apr 2012	#46
Android isn't immune to malware.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#67
i actually installed a mac anti virus program.	rdking647	Apr 2012	#17
That's the same one I downloaded.	cbayer	Apr 2012	#22
it actually found a trojan on my computer	rdking647	Apr 2012	#54
I downloaded the same one earlier today	marlakay	Apr 2012	#68
This headline should read:	Indydem	Apr 2012	#18
I just got a new MacBook and, for the first time in my long Mac loving life,	cbayer	Apr 2012	#19
Mac OS is Less Secure than Windows! regardless of what iFans might think	Vehl	Apr 2012	#20
Apple is proof of the power of marketing to brainwash people.	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#31
That iPhone article is slightly misleading, he also has to break into the access points.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#65
Worth noting: The exploited vulnerability was in Java, not in the MacOS	thesquanderer	Apr 2012	#24
Macs are Less secure than PC's , check my post #20.	Vehl	Apr 2012	#25
except that Mac users more often have to be complicit.	thesquanderer	Apr 2012	#38
Not really	Vehl	Apr 2012	#53
I'm a Mac user and I know it.	Hissyspit	Apr 2012	#40
Read my post again	Vehl	Apr 2012	#52
But, the Mac fanatics are sure that's impossible!	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#27
:))	Vehl	Apr 2012	#30
How long before they treat the late Steve Jobs as a God?	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#32
They Already are	Vehl	Apr 2012	#33
Yeah!	Hissyspit	Apr 2012	#41
He didn't say that	Marooned	Apr 2012	#42
+100	Vehl	Apr 2012	#51
It's about perspective.	Hissyspit	Apr 2012	#55
What marooned said	Vehl	Apr 2012	#50
Well, I checked and my computer is not infected.	Hissyspit	Apr 2012	#63
But, but, Mac users sneeringly tell me that can't happen to Le Sacred Mac.	kestrel91316	Apr 2012	#29
GET A CLUE. This is a JAVA exploit. "BackDoor.Flashback.39" affects OSX and Windows equally.	denem	Apr 2012	#43
what is the linux removal?	d_r	Apr 2012	#49
I can't see anything yet on the Distro pages.	denem	Apr 2012	#58
More on the vulnerabilities of Java	thesquanderer	Apr 2012	#62
Except, this was patched in Feb. Apple just released their patch 2 days ago.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#66
PC & Mac Users - web check to see if you have a Botnet	denem	Apr 2012	#59
Bears looking into	burrowowl	Apr 2012	#64

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