Virus on Macintosh - Page 4

meancode · 10-22-2003, 04:34 AM

i have never seen anything in OS X that would resemble a virus *knocks on wood*

do you remember that autostart worm? that you could disable by turning off QuickTime Autorun. remember that a MacAddict CD had that virus on it.

That is the only virus I have ever had, hold only for the stupid MS Word macro viruses. Thanks to Windows no less.

macmath · 10-23-2003, 03:25 PM

Wow! Read this Walter S. Mossberg WSJ article! It is sweet all the way around.

jnasato · 10-24-2003, 04:34 AM

I still use antivirus software, but I have only been saved by such software once, when some game was infected. In high school, a friend and I ran many well known viruses and trojan horses on a guy's Mac, and they really didn't do any damage... They were also easily removed with antivirus software. I've also tried running viruses on my ol' Motorola StarMax, and I remember that eventually there were some problems, but nothing as terrible as I had hoped.

mysterydog · 10-24-2003, 02:49 PM

I have worked on a mac at home or at work as an editor everyday for the last 15 years - and on a wintel computer for a total of 15 days in the same time- and i'll be ****ed if I have ever had any problem with a virus. I think some of the systems had virus protection, but I don't recall a specific problem related to a virus--it's usually hardware failure,bad cable, or 10 different people using the same system (yikes!).

I currently use Virex I got free from .Mac-makes me feel good to have it run sometimes, but I have no way of guaging its effectiveness: my 1Ghz TiBook has worked flawlessly since June.

The internet seems IMHO to be the source of 99% of the trouble now--what's a floppy?--so my stratagy is to have a seperate partition for net stuff for surf time, and then another seperate system for other apps. Yeah sometimes I do "cheat" and have the other parts. open if I'm doing a web site, but so far so good.

The greatest defence: Back up. Back up. Back up.

santa · 10-25-2003, 04:19 PM

I just ran virex and found dozens of infected files. all infected with various windows macro viruses and such. none were of any consequence to mac users but could spread if the files were transferred to a windows machine

desert don · 02-01-2007, 12:54 AM

I'm not sure if this is from a virus, but the "sound icon" that comes up on the screen for a few seconds after depressing on of the three sound keys above the number pad on the keyboard of my G-4 Cube running Tigar. It intrusively appears on my desktop intermittingly, I beleive when I move the IR mouse. Starts out slowly after starting the MAC and becomes more offensive with continued use, stopping all computer activity for 1-2 seconds until it fades away. It started when I had Jaguar installed from a disc a few years ago, then started up again after I clean installed Tigar. It completly disrupts being on the web and causes the phone line (the only acess I have) to disconnect, showing an ERROR CODE of 20. So disruptive that I'm sending this on my wifes PC, with much laughter in the background. I have no other software installed other than Tigar and Safari and no anti-virus. Thinking of trying Virex. Sure would appreciate any ideas, desert don

yellow · 02-01-2007, 07:50 AM

It's definitely not a virus. More likely a hardware problem with the keyboard. Try logging in as another user and seeing if the problem persists there as well.

gonzo40 · 08-26-2007, 08:31 AM

Not sure if this is a virus, but could use some input from anyone who recognize's this...My G5 after running for a couple of minutes and sometimes on startup will have the image starting to shake and then all kind of vertical and horizontal colored lines kink of a plaid design will appear with eventual freezup and a box which says to restart computer....It seems to be getting worse...Anybody recognize this as a virsu? Thanks.

yellow · 08-26-2007, 12:17 PM

99% chance it's not a virus or any other type of malware.

This is an issue on it's own and you should start a new thread on it.

vteck · 12-17-2007, 06:49 PM

has anyone read about getting a virus with office installed?

Anti · 12-18-2007, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vteck


	has anyone read about getting a virus with office installed?

Yes; I've read that there are zero viruses for X without office, 24 with it caused macro vulnerabilities. This was a while ago, however.

10-22-2003, 04:34 AM	#61
meancode Triple-A Player Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio Posts: 212	i have never seen anything in OS X that would resemble a virus knocks on wood do you remember that autostart worm? that you could disable by turning off QuickTime Autorun. remember that a MacAddict CD had that virus on it. That is the only virus I have ever had, hold only for the stupid MS Word macro viruses. Thanks to Windows no less. __________________ Ken Edwards Breaking Windows (Personal Blog)

10-24-2003, 04:34 AM	#63
jnasato Prospect Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: FL Posts: 8	I still use antivirus software, but I have only been saved by such software once, when some game was infected. In high school, a friend and I ran many well known viruses and trojan horses on a guy's Mac, and they really didn't do any damage... They were also easily removed with antivirus software. I've also tried running viruses on my ol' Motorola StarMax, and I remember that eventually there were some problems, but nothing as terrible as I had hoped. __________________ nothinggg

10-25-2003, 04:19 PM	#65
santa Prospect Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 9	dozens I just ran virex and found dozens of infected files. all infected with various windows macro viruses and such. none were of any consequence to mac users but could spread if the files were transferred to a windows machine

02-01-2007, 12:54 AM	#66
desert don Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1	Phantom Sound Icon I'm not sure if this is from a virus, but the "sound icon" that comes up on the screen for a few seconds after depressing on of the three sound keys above the number pad on the keyboard of my G-4 Cube running Tigar. It intrusively appears on my desktop intermittingly, I beleive when I move the IR mouse. Starts out slowly after starting the MAC and becomes more offensive with continued use, stopping all computer activity for 1-2 seconds until it fades away. It started when I had Jaguar installed from a disc a few years ago, then started up again after I clean installed Tigar. It completly disrupts being on the web and causes the phone line (the only acess I have) to disconnect, showing an ERROR CODE of 20. So disruptive that I'm sending this on my wifes PC, with much laughter in the background. I have no other software installed other than Tigar and Safari and no anti-virus. Thinking of trying Virex. Sure would appreciate any ideas, desert don

12-17-2007, 06:49 PM	#70
vteck Prospect Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2	office 2004 has anyone read about getting a virus with office installed?

10-23-2003, 03:25 PM	#62
macmath MVP Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 1,497	Wow! Read this Walter S. Mossberg WSJ article! It is sweet all the way around.

10-24-2003, 02:49 PM	#64
mysterydog Prospect Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 9	I have worked on a mac at home or at work as an editor everyday for the last 15 years - and on a wintel computer for a total of 15 days in the same time- and i'll be ****ed if I have ever had any problem with a virus. I think some of the systems had virus protection, but I don't recall a specific problem related to a virus--it's usually hardware failure,bad cable, or 10 different people using the same system (yikes!). I currently use Virex I got free from .Mac-makes me feel good to have it run sometimes, but I have no way of guaging its effectiveness: my 1Ghz TiBook has worked flawlessly since June. The internet seems IMHO to be the source of 99% of the trouble now--what's a floppy?--so my stratagy is to have a seperate partition for net stuff for surf time, and then another seperate system for other apps. Yeah sometimes I do "cheat" and have the other parts. open if I'm doing a web site, but so far so good. The greatest defence: Back up. Back up. Back up.

02-01-2007, 07:50 AM	#67
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	It's definitely not a virus. More likely a hardware problem with the keyboard. Try logging in as another user and seeing if the problem persists there as well.

08-26-2007, 08:31 AM	#68
gonzo40 Prospect Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2	Not sure if this is a virus, but could use some input from anyone who recognize's this...My G5 after running for a couple of minutes and sometimes on startup will have the image starting to shake and then all kind of vertical and horizontal colored lines kink of a plaid design will appear with eventual freezup and a box which says to restart computer....It seems to be getting worse...Anybody recognize this as a virsu? Thanks.

08-26-2007, 12:17 PM	#69
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	99% chance it's not a virus or any other type of malware. This is an issue on it's own and you should start a new thread on it.