Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i don't think the suspect files i have in my inbox have anything to do with the worm today. they are mostly .exe files Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157 www.leowessson.com On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew@gmail.com>wrote: > Ric that sounds feasible. It does mean though that the worm is > transmissible > despite the operating system. Leo is describing the worm being present in > infected email messages on his machine and then passed to the flash drive > Presumably the infected emails were not copied to the flash drive? Or the > video file is the vector? If either is true then Macs can be hosts while > remaining healthy themselves? If this worm acts as other recent ones do, > then the infection exists potentially on every drive connected, not only > the > specific flash drive. > > 2009/2/26 Ric Carter <ricc@embarqmail.com> > > > The virus could exist as a file on your drive, but could not infect your > > system. You could pass it along if you copied it onto your friends > > thumbdrive. It could not copy itself there. > > > > It could infect any windows systems you ran on boot camp or other > software > > that allows windows to run on a mac. If you mounted a thumbdrive on the > > windows operating system and it was infected, it could pass along an > > infection to another windows machine or system. > > > > Most Mac users do not run virus software. In some cases, anti-virus > > software is worse than the threat. I don't know if that is a good idea. I > > occasionally run CLAM-X. > > > > Ric > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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' > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >