Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Can the Mac be a host (a carrier) without being infected itself? Without being expert at all, if it can read and transfer files, the virus can be copied even if non-functional on the Mac? These are awkward to get rid of. 2009/2/26 Leonard Taupier <len-001@verizon.net> > Leo, > > The W32 SillyWorm only affects the Windows operating system. Your Mac is > not the culprit. > > Len > > > On Feb 25, 2009, at 5:27 PM, leo wesson wrote: > > So a client gave me a usb pen drive to copy a video file to and when she >> tried to load it, there was this W32 SillyWorm on it. I wasn't the only >> one to use the pen drive today. I 'm on a mac, is there any chance that I >> was the source of this worm? Is there any chance I got the worm from the >> pen drive? As a mac person should i be running any virus checks? I just >> always assume that the frequent updates from apple take care of all >> this... >> >> Leo Wesson >> Photographer/Videographer >> 817.733.9157 >> www.leowessson.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff 'She looks like an angel moving too fast for its glory'