Conflicker Virus

No. It is a Windows virus. It will not affect OS X.

~Lyssa

There are NO known viruses that run on Mac OSX. NONE. NADA. It's theoretically possible, one day, but for now . . . ZERO, ZIP, ZILCH.

There are a few trojans and other malware, that will run on Macs, but you have to take some action to load or run them. My current favorite is a trojan that was inserted into a pirated copy of iWork 09. So if you're a thief, you may be robbed!

What if you are running Windows XP on your Mac duo?

What if you are running Windows XP on your Mac duo?

The Windows environment, whether it's through a Boot Camp partition you start up directly to, or in a virtual machine as in Parallels, is subject to infection from all Windows viruses and other malware the same as if it were running on Dell. The Windows OS itself is what is so vulnerable.

While such malware can beat the snot out of your Windows install, none yet have been know to do anything to your Mac partitions or software.

If you're running Windows on your Mac, yes, you could be exposed to Conficker, or any other Windows malware, just as you would be on any other PC hardware. It's the OSX operating system, not the Mac hardware, that is less exposed to malware.

There are NO known viruses that run on Mac OSX. NONE. NADA. It's theoretically possible, one day, but for now . . . ZERO, ZIP, ZILCH.

Actually there is one; the Word macro virus which can infect Word v.X and unpatched copies of Word 2004. But it is true that there are no viruses (subject to the semantic debate about whether the iChat exploit is properly classified as a virus or a trojan horse) as of yet that can infect Mac OS X or the bundled Apple applications, but that could change.

Thanks much

Huh... Microsoft Office eh? Must be some sort of really odd coincidence.

Just read an article on yahoo that says macs are immune to the conflicker virus.

... as has been said in this thread several times already.

One of the Macs in our office is infected with Conficker.

One of the Macs in our office is infected with Conficker.

You mean one of your Macs running Windows is infected. It's impossible for Conficker to infect OS X as it requires both the Windows OS and files that only exist in Windows to function.

If you mean someone has it in an email they received in any Mac email client, then no, you're not infected. You have a useless attachment in the email that can't run on your Mac. Just delete it.

_*YES IT DOES!!!*_ On April 1st I was online when I saw a notice that my files were being down loaded..I saw them all being scaned before my eyes..I freaked & closed it..not sure of what damage it has caused just yet. It's going in to the shop now. I do know I can't access certain files, sites & all my security folders are now unlocked by someone else. I have no control or permissions any more. So if you thought you were untouchable cuz your on a Mac..think again. It happened to me.

No it doesn't. Maybe you should do some reading first on what systems are affected by the Conficker worm (that would be only Windows).

Intego, Symantec, McAfee

There's lots more if you take 10 minutes to look online. Yell all you want, Conficker cannot infect OS X in its current form.

What you saw isn't even part of what the Conficker worm does. You have something else going on. That it happened on April 1st is only a coincidence. It looks much more like someone hacked directly into your Mac and was able to control your desktop remotely.

Your only reading Windows sites. Not Mac sites. You need to read more in to Mac risk sites. And forget about Windows. If your on a Mac...How is a Windows site suposed to help you? They only have info on Windows based computers...Not so funny.