Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It wasn't in the video file, i shot the video and edited it on my mac. My gut feeling is that it wasn't my problem, i just hate that it happened when I was delivering a file. Next time, they get a dvd. Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157 www.leowessson.com On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>wrote: > > On Feb 25, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Leo 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 >> > > > If the client uses a PC and you use a Mac, the worm was either on the > client's computer or in the video file. Or possibly in the computer of the > previous person who used the pen drive. To the best of my knowledge there > is > no virus that will infect both Macs and PCs. Of course there are worms > which > are specific to software programs like MS Word. It wouldn't hurt to get a > current copy of a virus checking program for the Mac and run it from time > to > time but the probability of Mac infection is low. > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >