Gaming Mac Virus?

[BORTZ]

My friend called me down cause her Macbook Pro contracted a virus. Im not sure what it is or what i did. I checked her downloads and found about 9 or 10 files titled "InstallAVg_77011802-(and then the numeric number of the files)" and it was an .exe file. I honestly was blindsided by the whole thing. Any ideas or help? i dont know whats going on.

 

[Goshogun1]

I don't know what that is specifically, but I was just listening to the radio 5 mins ago, and the host mentioned that there is a Virus going around to mac users specifically, and to watch out. I am assuming he was referring to what you are. I am going to check my Macbook right away, and am kinda worried.

 

[Advi]

AND THEY BRAG ABOUT MACS BEING SAFE

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But srsly, keep listening around. Eventually an antivirus will be available, seeing as it's quite a new bug.

 

[rhyguy]

The "Current" mac virus appears when you install a pirated copy of iWork 09, obtained from torrrents

http://www.switched.com/2009/01/23/iwork-0...0-000-machines/

if you want to be sure, download lingon and look for anything suspicious

 

[Mangofett]

Theres also a trojan spreading in pirated copies of CS4

 

[science]

Its a trojan in iWork pirated copies, not a virus. Is it even a virus? What is it doing?

 

[Sharpz]

Theres also a trojan spreading in pirated copies of CS4

I got a copy of CS4 and it was clean from what I can tell.I have Windows XP BTW.

 

[Mangofett]

I meant on OSX >_

 

[Sharpz]

I meant on OSX >_

 

[rhyguy]

Its a trojan in iWork pirated copies, not a virus. Is it even a virus? What is it doing?

Its a trojan, which you can only get if you type an administrator pw and install it

I got The cs4 trial from adobes site when they had the glitch thing

 

[Gman 101]

I can see Mac fanbois eating back their words...

 

[Ferrariman]

I don't think that Apple should advertise that Macs are "Virus-free" or "Less likely to crash". Neither are true, and in my experience, Macs crash more often, but in more subtle ways.

 

[DokiDoki98]

Impossible, trojan attempt....faild^.^

 

[thegame07]

From what I have heard macs aren't safe from viruses! Viruses in most cases just infect machines that's running windows, is that true? nothing's stopping people from making viruses for macs there's probably a few out there already, It's just not so popular.

 

[rhyguy]

From what I have heard macs aren't safe from viruses! Viruses in most cases just infect machines that's running windows, is that true? nothing's stopping people from making viruses for macs there's probably a few out there already, It's just not so popular.

And you need an admin password typed in at the time of the attack to cripple anything

 

[Mangofett]

I'm sure someone could make a trojan that gets root access discreetly. Macs don't have enough market share yet for serious profiting hackers/crackers to commit, though.

 

[phoood]

I'm sure someone could make a trojan that gets root access discreetly. Macs don't have enough market share yet for serious profiting hackers/crackers to commit, though.

QUOTE(thegame07 @ Jan 28 2009, 02:03 PM) From what I have heard macs aren't safe from viruses! Viruses in most cases just infect machines that's running windows, is that true? nothing's stopping people from making viruses for macs there's probably a few out there already, It's just not so popular.

And you need an admin password typed in at the time of the attack to cripple anything

 

[ball2012003]

i thought macs dont get viruses

 

[Sharpz]

i thought macs dont get viruses

Just goes to show that Macs are not invincible!

 

[science]

Its a trojan in iWork pirated copies, not a virus. Is it even a virus? What is it doing?

Its a trojan, which you can only get if you type an administrator pw and install it

I got The cs4 trial from adobes site when they had the glitch thing

No I was reffering to the OP when I asked if it was a virus

So to clear things up...

OP: What is this "virus" doing?