Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, This is the mechanism: There's no other information about which versions of Microsoft's operating systems are targeted by the infection so I guess all of them are affected since it attempts to add a new registry entry. W32/SillyFDC-BK spreads via removable shared drives by copying itself to krage.exe and creating the file autorun.inf (detected as W32/Agent- FOW). The file autorun.inf is designed to run the worm when the removable drive is connected to an uninfected computer. The mac does not have a registry and the .exe file will not run on a mac. Len On Feb 25, 2009, at 6:02 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Can the Mac be a host (a carrier) without being infected itself? > Without > being expert at all, if it can read and transfer files, the virus > can be > copied even if non-functional on the Mac? > These are awkward to get rid of. > 2009/2/26 Leonard Taupier <len-001@verizon.net> > >> Leo, >> >> The W32 SillyWorm only affects the Windows operating system. Your >> Mac is >> not the culprit. >> >> Len >> >> >> On Feb 25, 2009, at 5:27 PM, leo wesson wrote: >> >> So a client gave me a usb pen drive to copy a video file to and >> when she >>> tried to load it, there was this W32 SillyWorm on it. I wasn't >>> the only >>> one to use the pen drive today. I 'm on a mac, is there any >>> chance that I >>> was the source of this worm? Is there any chance I got the worm >>> from the >>> pen drive? As a mac person should i be running any virus >>> checks? I just >>> always assume that the frequent updates from apple take care of all >>> this... >>> >>> Leo Wesson >>> Photographer/Videographer >>> 817.733.9157 >>> www.leowessson.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > 'She looks like an angel moving too fast for its glory' > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information