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cwtnospam 12-07-2007 01:16 PM

Tell that to Chuck Hall. ;)
Edit: I do find more references to 51 than 41 and I suppose I should have called the Hellcat an F6F.

JUS2MCH 12-07-2007 03:25 PM

Does anyone have a list of files, or link to an article with a list of files, which contain viruses for MACs? Can they be searched in spotlight? For example, someone mentioned earlier to search for the plugins.settings file. Is there any library or central location that contains the information about these files, so one can read about symptoms or effects to their Mac?

trevor 12-07-2007 03:50 PM

I guess that you haven't actually read the thread so far. There are no viruses in the wild for OS X. There is only a single Trojan Horse that has somewhat widely propogated in the wild, and the information for that single Trojan Horse has already been discussed above. So you could say that "the list" is already above, despite the fact that the list only consists of a single entry.

Trevor

JUS2MCH 12-07-2007 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trevor (Post 432346)
I guess that you haven't actually read the thread so far. There are no viruses in the wild for OS X. There is only a single Trojan Horse that has somewhat widely propogated in the wild, and the information for that single Trojan Horse has already been discussed above. So you could say that "the list" is already above, despite the fact that the list only consists of a single entry.

Trevor

Sorry I wasn't specific enough. I meant viruses/malware/bad cookies, basically any known files that have been found to mess with your Mac.

cwtnospam 12-07-2007 04:35 PM

Bad cookie? Like a stale Oreo? The definition of a bad cookie is different from one person to the next. Cookies by themselves don't do anything. They're not software, they're just files.

No, there's no known malware other than a Trojan that you need to download and install using your admin password.


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