Right. I already had put a little addition similar to this in my frontscript openstack handler so that every time I open a stack it tests for the presence of *.so files and, if found, sends me to the website for the instructions on how to delete the thing. Obviously, I open stacks constantly during the day (and night!), and that way I don't have to remember to check, which I would rapidly forget to do. As one of my patients said to me once, I have a mind like a steel sieve.
This is the first time in a long time I've even had to *think* about malware. Now that I've automated it, I don't have to think about it any more. At least until something new comes along. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Feb 27, 2012, at 5:44 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi, > > Always when I read such articles, I can't help thinking that the antivirus > software publishers have the most interest in the creation of such viruses. > From the website: "You won’t be surprised to learn that Intego’s own > VirusBarrier X6 software can detect Flashback if it’s installed, and even > prevent it from installing in the first place." Doh. Also, this trojan only > installs itself if... when... again if... and only if.... > > According to that website, this is how you can check for the trojan: > > function virusCheck > put "ls /Users/Shared/.*.so" into myShell > return not (shell(myShell) contains "No such file or directory") > end virusCheck > > The function returns true if the trojan is on your machine. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.7 for LiveCode here http://qery.us/za > > On 27 feb 2012, at 23:20, Peter M. Brigham, MD wrote: > >> Just got this from MacWorld: >> >> Intego finds new strain of Mac Flashback Trojan horse >> http://tinyurl.com/7w3weqa >> >> -- Peter >> >> Peter M. Brigham >> pmb...@gmail.com >> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
