torrentmasta Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I recently did a scan on my computer and it said that the darwin iso contained a virus http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp...n&virus_k=99273 I used thee dd way to install osx86 anyways so it doesn't matter but i'm just curious if anyone else found this either Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1251-virus-on-darwin-iso/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nendra Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 nothing to see here, move along. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1251-virus-on-darwin-iso/#findComment-7539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrentmasta Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 did another scan using trend micro, same virus first scan was done with mcafee Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1251-virus-on-darwin-iso/#findComment-7552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
judy Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I recently did a scan on my computer and it said that the darwin iso contained a virus http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp...n&virus_k=99273 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you would have actually read this page, you would have seen that this seems to be an email virus. Your virus scanners are just too stupid to know an email file from an iso, so they spit out alarms for any bit pattern that matches something in their database that they happen to find anywhere, no matter how unrelated it might be to the virus they think they found. And, did you really think that opendarwin.org aka. Apple distribute viruses? Even if this iso contained viral code, as long as you don't execute the iso somehow (which you can't), it doesn't do any harm. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1251-virus-on-darwin-iso/#findComment-7620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodat Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'm not going to profess to be an expert here, but in response to the last thread: could it not be set to be copied over along with the rest of the files from the ISO and be set to execute when you run some various program after installing? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1251-virus-on-darwin-iso/#findComment-7645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
judy Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 I'm not going to profess to be an expert here, but in response to the last thread: could it not be set to be copied over along with the rest of the files from the ISO and be set to execute when you run some various program after installing? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sure it could, but then it would have to be a Darwin/x86 virus, and I guess there aren't any of that kind. Besides, if that was the case, a virus scanner wouldn't find a Windows email virus... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1251-virus-on-darwin-iso/#findComment-8205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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