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From: nospam on 20 Feb 2010 16:46 In article <SalmonEgg-FC1DF7.13401020022010(a)news60.forteinc.com>, Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > My paranoia was aroused again when a website I clicked upon gave dire > warnings about spyware and the like. In the process of canceling the > connection, there were indications tha some files were downloaded. The > files are > > installer-1.5550032733.exe > installer.5550032733.exe sounds like a typical windows scam. > Although these seemed to be aimed at WINTEL installations, AFAIK I did > not try to run them. you can't run them unless you have windows. they do absolutely *nothing* on a mac (except take up space). > 2. Is there any worthwhile software for the Mac to clean up malware > that may have infiltrated? Is there any software that would give > effective protection against most likely malware? there isn't any unless you install it yourself.
From: Salmon Egg on 20 Feb 2010 21:36 In article <200220101646376094%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > you can't run them unless you have windows. they do absolutely > *nothing* on a mac (except take up space). Because I do not know what is going on, I still am concerned. If new Macs use Intel chip sets, is it not possible for machine code snippets to do bad things? U do not understand exactly how it would work, but I can picture executable code would be able to do all kinds of damage if it would start up even if it were not designed specifically for Macs. Of course I try to avoid that, but who knows what I can do late at night when vefry tired and sleepy. Bill -- An old man would be better off never having been born.
From: J.J. O'Shea on 20 Feb 2010 22:09 On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:36:33 -0500, Salmon Egg wrote (in article <SalmonEgg-914B43.18363220022010(a)news60.forteinc.com>): > In article <200220101646376094%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, > nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > >> you can't run them unless you have windows. they do absolutely >> *nothing* on a mac (except take up space). > > Because I do not know what is going on, I still am concerned. If new > Macs use Intel chip sets, is it not possible for machine code snippets > to do bad things? If you're running on Mac OS X, Windows .EXE files can't run... unless you launch VMWare or similar. And even then they'll only affect the VM that you launch. > U do not understand exactly how it would work, but I > can picture executable code would be able to do all kinds of damage if > it would start up even if it were not designed specifically for Macs. Of > course I try to avoid that, but who knows what I can do late at night > when vefry tired and sleepy. You have go to a lot of trouble to get .EXEs to run on a Mac. If you don't do that, they can't run. Period. Just dump 'em in the trash and drive on. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: nospam on 20 Feb 2010 22:49 In article <SalmonEgg-914B43.18363220022010(a)news60.forteinc.com>, Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > you can't run them unless you have windows. they do absolutely > > *nothing* on a mac (except take up space). > > Because I do not know what is going on, I still am concerned. If new > Macs use Intel chip sets, is it not possible for machine code snippets > to do bad things? what you downloaded works only on windows. it does absolutely *nothing* on a mac.
From: nospam on 20 Feb 2010 22:50
In article <7ublm2FetsU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > That is very good information, but you still have to click on > *something* on a scam page. If you were to just close the window (and > not via a click on anything on the page) you should not get any files > downloaded. unless the page traps that too and sometimes it auto-downloads when the page loads. in any event, it's all windows malware. it does nothing on a mac. move to trash, empty trash. |