Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-06 Thread Eric Oyen
yep. I forgot about the "a" option there. still, if the folder is not there, then its likely you are not infected. still, as a placeholder that has no write perms, that would definitely work to keep the worm off. now all we need is a bird to catch the worm. :) -eric On Oct 6, 2014, at 7:02 AM,

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-06 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Close, spaces in terminal commands imply separate commands unless you tell it that you really meant a space by putting a backslash "\" in front. So the test would be: ls -a /Library/Application\ Support/JavaW The -l also isn't needed. The L means to display the listing in long format so it sh

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-05 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
The infection vector turned out to be pirated software, according to The Safe Mac. That means standard procedure for dealing with it applies: just don't install dodgy stuff, and always make sure you know what you're entering a password for. That would, incidentally, make it a trojan, and not a

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Not sure why we needed to use the Go To Folder option for this. Simply open Macintosh HD, open the Library folder, open Application Support and take a look. This Library folder is not invisible. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 4, 2014, at 7:32 AM, Donna Goodin wrot

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-04 Thread Donna Goodin
I did finally get the Folder not Found Message spoken, but it didn't work the first time I tried it. Cheers, Donna On Oct 3, 2014, at 1:09 PM, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: > New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for 'iWorm' malware > by MacDailyNews > [cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]"D

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-03 Thread Faisal
If you do end up having this worm, how does one get rid of it? On Oct 3, 2014, at 9:41 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > No, it isn't just a visual window. It's an actual dialog that says it can't > be found and you have to do cancel or goto folder or hit escape; in other > words you have to do someth

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
No, it isn't just a visual window. It's an actual dialog that says it can't be found and you have to do cancel or goto folder or hit escape; in other words you have to do something to get out of the dialog. At least, that's how it is on my iMac running up-to-date Mavericks. But unless the file i

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-03 Thread Eric Oyen
hello all, there is a simpler way and it works with voiceover. just open a terminal window and type at the command prompt: ls -al /Application Support/JavaW if it returns no such directory, then you are gold! :) -eric On Oct 3, 2014, at 9:06 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: > Hello, > > When I fir

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-03 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, When I first followed the instructions, I didn't see what needed to be copied. I manually inputted the file thread into the edit field. I'm okay too. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > I've followed your instructions but I get not

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-03 Thread Andrew Lamanche
I've followed your instructions but I get nothing back. maybe there's a visual window that displays no folder found but I can't see it with Voiceover. On 3 Oct 2014, at 19:09, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: > New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for 'iWorm' malware > by MacDailyNews

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-03 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Yes me to. /A 3 okt 2014 kl. 21:24 skrev Ray Foret Jr : > Looks like I'm okay. Seems to me like ClamXav is on the job!!! > > > Sincerely, > the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! > Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > b

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-03 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Looks like I'm okay. Seems to me like ClamXav is on the job!!! Sincerely, the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! On Oct 3, 2014, at 1:09