Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] W32 SillyWorm question
From: scheng at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)
Date: Wed Feb 25 16:27:41 2009
References: <3e7573d40902251427i10ccaa88rc69077ffcfd02998@mail.gmail.com> <1619BB95-641A-42D3-8A47-6E6D74CC946D@verizon.net> <36172e5a0902251502u7fe1dba5s5016e3004fe45d34@mail.gmail.com>
 
The short answer is yes. A Mac user can be a carrier and copy infected  
data files and infect a Windows user who receive the infected file.  
Sort of like 'Typhoid Mary'. :)

Regards,
Spencer

On Feb 25, 2009, at 18:02, 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.
>>
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