Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 25, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Leo 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 If the client uses a PC and you use a Mac, the worm was either on the client's computer or in the video file. Or possibly in the computer of the previous person who used the pen drive. To the best of my knowledge there is no virus that will infect both Macs and PCs. Of course there are worms which are specific to software programs like MS Word. It wouldn't hurt to get a current copy of a virus checking program for the Mac and run it from time to time but the probability of Mac infection is low. Larry Z