adambyte
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A friend who has a TiBook with Mac OS X 10.2 was complaining about a virus and its effects.... Is this a virus, a coincidence, or something in between?
10:58:35AM She: so that whole "macs don't get viruses" deal
10:58:36AM She: a lie
10:59:05AM adambyte: lol. Really? You're the first Mac OS X user to get a virus, ever. Congrats.
10:59:13AM She: lol. i doubt that's true
10:59:14AM adambyte: How do you know you have a virus?
10:59:27AM She: because two of my programs weren't opening
10:59:31AM She: so i ran a virus scan
10:59:33AM She: and it found two
10:59:44AM adambyte: !?
10:59:48AM adambyte: What are they called
10:59:50AM adambyte: ?
11:00:10AM She: i don't remember. i just let it repair the files and was done with it
11:00:17AM adambyte: lol.
11:00:34AM adambyte: So now it will forever torture me as a mystery.
11:00:45AM adambyte: Did you try restarting, first of all
11:00:46AM She: lol
11:00:48AM adambyte: ?
11:00:49AM She: yup
11:00:58AM adambyte: What apps were they?
11:01:11AM She: aol instant messenger and safari
11:01:17AM She: actually, explorer, too, come to think of it
11:01:21AM She: i only tried that one once
11:01:34AM adambyte: And they wouldn't open
11:01:36AM adambyte: ?
11:02:08AM She: they would start to, and then say that a problem occurred and they unexpectedly quit
11:02:34AM adambyte: huh. k.
11:03:31AM adambyte: You get the first virus for Mac OS X, and you can't even tell us what it was.
11:03:47AM She: i'm sure other people have gotten viruses, adam
11:04:41AM adambyte: lol. Nope. If someone had, it would have been a big story in the mac community.
11:05:09AM adambyte: There are two known Trojan Horses, but no viruses.
11:05:22AM She: adam, if no viruses for macs existed, there would be no virus scanners for macs
11:05:27AM She: trojan horses?
11:06:19AM adambyte: Actually, do you know what your Virus scanner does? It scans for PC viruses in Word documents and stuff. So, basically, you won't SPREAD PC virii. But there are no known virii that do bad things to Macs.
11:06:44AM She: well it was doing bad things to me
11:06:51AM She: what's a trojan horse in this sense?
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Blah blah blah, I explain the malicious MP3 files and the Dashboard self-installing thing....
11:12:52AM She: i don't think you're understanding. the applications wouldn't work
11:12:56AM She: i restarted several times, still nothing
11:13:05AM She: started running the virus scanner
11:13:15AM She: while the virus scanner was going at first, the applications still wouldn't open
11:13:36AM She: the virus scanner found and took care of the viruses, and immediately after, the programs started working again
11:15:40AM She: well get norton anti-virus and you'll be fine
11:16:04AM adambyte: Oh, is that what you're using? Norton Anti-Virus? i thought you had Virex?
11:16:21AM She: i got norton at the beginning of the school year
11:16:27AM adambyte: Ah.
11:16:45AM adambyte: Well, open it, and look for some sort of log, please.
11:18:56AM She: it's some sort of a trojan thing .... trojan.byteverify
11:19:25AM adambyte: Any more info?
11:19:42AM adambyte: What file it affected? It's location? ANything?
11:20:13AM She: "the file installerapplet.class contained in this archive is infected with trojan.byteverify
11:20:22AM She: it was in javainstaller.jar
11:21:34AM adambyte: Anything else?
11:22:05AM She: some photo libraries were damaged, but that might not be related
11:22:24AM adambyte: That's it?
11:22:33AM she: i think so
11:22:51AM adambyte: Interesante.
11:23:12AM adambyte: I will consult with my fellow geeks.
Well?
10:58:35AM She: so that whole "macs don't get viruses" deal
10:58:36AM She: a lie
10:59:05AM adambyte: lol. Really? You're the first Mac OS X user to get a virus, ever. Congrats.
10:59:13AM She: lol. i doubt that's true
10:59:14AM adambyte: How do you know you have a virus?
10:59:27AM She: because two of my programs weren't opening
10:59:31AM She: so i ran a virus scan
10:59:33AM She: and it found two
10:59:44AM adambyte: !?
10:59:48AM adambyte: What are they called
10:59:50AM adambyte: ?
11:00:10AM She: i don't remember. i just let it repair the files and was done with it
11:00:17AM adambyte: lol.
11:00:34AM adambyte: So now it will forever torture me as a mystery.
11:00:45AM adambyte: Did you try restarting, first of all
11:00:46AM She: lol
11:00:48AM adambyte: ?
11:00:49AM She: yup
11:00:58AM adambyte: What apps were they?
11:01:11AM She: aol instant messenger and safari
11:01:17AM She: actually, explorer, too, come to think of it
11:01:21AM She: i only tried that one once
11:01:34AM adambyte: And they wouldn't open
11:01:36AM adambyte: ?
11:02:08AM She: they would start to, and then say that a problem occurred and they unexpectedly quit
11:02:34AM adambyte: huh. k.
11:03:31AM adambyte: You get the first virus for Mac OS X, and you can't even tell us what it was.
11:03:47AM She: i'm sure other people have gotten viruses, adam
11:04:41AM adambyte: lol. Nope. If someone had, it would have been a big story in the mac community.
11:05:09AM adambyte: There are two known Trojan Horses, but no viruses.
11:05:22AM She: adam, if no viruses for macs existed, there would be no virus scanners for macs
11:05:27AM She: trojan horses?
11:06:19AM adambyte: Actually, do you know what your Virus scanner does? It scans for PC viruses in Word documents and stuff. So, basically, you won't SPREAD PC virii. But there are no known virii that do bad things to Macs.
11:06:44AM She: well it was doing bad things to me
11:06:51AM She: what's a trojan horse in this sense?
...
Blah blah blah, I explain the malicious MP3 files and the Dashboard self-installing thing....
11:12:52AM She: i don't think you're understanding. the applications wouldn't work
11:12:56AM She: i restarted several times, still nothing
11:13:05AM She: started running the virus scanner
11:13:15AM She: while the virus scanner was going at first, the applications still wouldn't open
11:13:36AM She: the virus scanner found and took care of the viruses, and immediately after, the programs started working again
11:15:40AM She: well get norton anti-virus and you'll be fine
11:16:04AM adambyte: Oh, is that what you're using? Norton Anti-Virus? i thought you had Virex?
11:16:21AM She: i got norton at the beginning of the school year
11:16:27AM adambyte: Ah.
11:16:45AM adambyte: Well, open it, and look for some sort of log, please.
11:18:56AM She: it's some sort of a trojan thing .... trojan.byteverify
11:19:25AM adambyte: Any more info?
11:19:42AM adambyte: What file it affected? It's location? ANything?
11:20:13AM She: "the file installerapplet.class contained in this archive is infected with trojan.byteverify
11:20:22AM She: it was in javainstaller.jar
11:21:34AM adambyte: Anything else?
11:22:05AM She: some photo libraries were damaged, but that might not be related
11:22:24AM adambyte: That's it?
11:22:33AM she: i think so
11:22:51AM adambyte: Interesante.
11:23:12AM adambyte: I will consult with my fellow geeks.
Well?