noellle
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Q: Finder shows strange letter and number strings, programs "quit unexpectedly"

A couple of things have been happening. My finder, on right click, shows strange strings of letters and numbers in place of the words that used to be there. For instance, "Open in" now says "N152." (see link: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t85009.html)

 

Also, some programs are saying they "quit unexpectedly" when I try to launch them. Excel and My profile reminder for my eye1display2 are the two I have seen do this so far.

 

Do you have any ideas about what happened and how to fix it?

 

I have a Macbook Pro, Mac OS X 10.6.8.

 

Thank you so much!

Kristen

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Sep 27, 2011 10:05 PM

by MadMacs0,Solvedanswer
MadMacs0 MadMacs0
Level 5 (4,801 points)
A:

noellle wrote:

 

Ok, so ClamXav finished scanning my computer only, and it did find some phising things and a worm. they might be from the folder of my Dad's old username, though, which is still there in a strange way from when he gave me his computer and then I got a new one....I doubt that's significant, but it's worth a mention

Remind me and we can deal with that later.

noellle wrote:

 

Now, I am looking for the files. I am not sure if you meant to look in my main hard drive Library or my username Library, if that makes sense (not sure of the terminology.)

Sorry, we missed telling you that they are all in your user area.

In my username Library, there is no Launch Agents folder.

Sounds like a bug in the Trojan. IIRC it's not there by default, but most users eventually get one.

There are both the perflib file and the Preferences.dylib in my username Library/Preferences

 

there is no Logs/swlog in either place.

 

I have not done the .macosx one, since I figured I needed to do them all at once. What should I do now?

Move them all to the trash and empty it. If it doesn't completely empty, don't worry about it.

 

Reboot your computer and attempt to log in. You probably saw that another user got a blank screen at this point and had to reboot again. As I recall Linc had the same issue, so just restart it a second time and you should be OK. If there was anything left in the trash, empty it again.

Posted on Oct 5, 2011 5:41 PM

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  • by trickmonkey,

    trickmonkey trickmonkey Oct 9, 2011 5:24 PM in response to MadMacs0
    Level 1 (4 points)
    iTunes
    Oct 9, 2011 5:24 PM in response to MadMacs0

    Well, this is no good. I'm trying to boot from my Snow Leopard disk to erase and restore from backup and my machine won't boot from the disk. I hold down the 'c' key, but it boots to my main user account. I'm using an external keyboard, but that shouldn't matter, should it? (My original keyboard got destroyed a couple years ago).

     

    Any suggestions? Haven't found much on the web.

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Oct 9, 2011 7:09 PM in response to trickmonkey
    Level 5 (4,801 points)
    Oct 9, 2011 7:09 PM in response to trickmonkey

    Try using System Preferences->Startup Disk pane to select the SL disk as boot.  I am assuming the disk shows up on your desktop when you insert it, so it's likely not an issue with the disk being smudged / scratched or drive issue.

     

    Is the keyboard wired or BlueTooth? There was a time when the BlueTooth extension didn't load early enough to recognize the keyboard before looking for the boot drive, but I thought they fixed that.

  • by trickmonkey,

    trickmonkey trickmonkey Oct 9, 2011 7:13 PM in response to MadMacs0
    Level 1 (4 points)
    iTunes
    Oct 9, 2011 7:13 PM in response to MadMacs0

    Thanks for the System Prefs idea. Didn't know I could do that.

     

    Yes, the disk shows up on my desktop. I'm using an Apple USB external keyboard.

  • by trickmonkey,

    trickmonkey trickmonkey Oct 9, 2011 7:47 PM in response to MadMacs0
    Level 1 (4 points)
    iTunes
    Oct 9, 2011 7:47 PM in response to MadMacs0

    Would having an external drive connected throw it off perhaps?

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Oct 10, 2011 12:14 AM in response to trickmonkey
    Level 5 (4,801 points)
    Oct 10, 2011 12:14 AM in response to trickmonkey

    I don't see how.

  • by trickmonkey,

    trickmonkey trickmonkey Oct 10, 2011 9:34 PM in response to MadMacs0
    Level 1 (4 points)
    iTunes
    Oct 10, 2011 9:34 PM in response to MadMacs0

    Well, I erased my drive and did the restore from Time Machine (took about 10 hours). When it was finished restoring it alerted me as such and had the drop down with 'Restart' button. I clicked it, it booted up to the Apple screen and I watched the dial spin for 15 minutes. I then shut it down, walked my dog, came back and started it up again. It's now been hung up on that screen for the past 10 minutes and doesn't appear to be going anywhere.

     

    Thoughts?

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Oct 10, 2011 10:02 PM in response to trickmonkey
    Level 5 (4,801 points)
    Oct 10, 2011 10:02 PM in response to trickmonkey

    Boot into safe mode? Hold the shift key down at reboot for a minut or so.

  • by trickmonkey,

    trickmonkey trickmonkey Oct 11, 2011 9:00 AM in response to MadMacs0
    Level 1 (4 points)
    iTunes
    Oct 11, 2011 9:00 AM in response to MadMacs0

    I've been trying everything. Tried to boot into Safe Mode. No go. Just like with booting from the install DVD, it doesn't seem to respond to keyboard commands when I'm trying to start up. Is there some reason the built-in keyboard has to be used for these kinds of things on a MacBook, perhaps? If so,  screwed. My built-in keyboard got ruined and isn't even on the laptop anymore.

     

    Tried SMC reset as well. Didn't help. Unplugged all other devices. Not sure what to do.

  • by GetBobT1,

    GetBobT1 GetBobT1 Feb 20, 2012 10:34 PM in response to noellle
    Level 1 (5 points)
    Feb 20, 2012 10:34 PM in response to noellle

    I am having this problem exactly the crash reports even look similar but none of the five files. Do I have another trojan with different files? Can someone help with this? I reinstalled Snow Leopard, but it is still happening. So I am not sure what to do. This is the crash log. HELP ME LINK YER MY ONLY HOPE! =O

     

    Process:         LaunchCFMApp [383]

    Path:            /Applications/MSOffice2002/Microsoft Word

    Identifier:      com.microsoft.Word

    Version:         10.1.6 (10.1.6 (040913), © 1983-2001 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.)

    Code Type:       PPC (Translated)

    Parent Process:  launchd [185]

     

     

    Date/Time:       2012-02-21 00:54:47.557 -0500

    OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)

    Report Version:  6

     

     

    Interval Since Last Report:          185 sec

    Crashes Since Last Report:           1

    Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   1

    Anonymous UUID:                      79B9B542-BE74-460A-9343-A454C18087C1

     

     

    Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGTRAP)

    Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

    Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

     

     

    Thread 0 Crashed:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

    0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80239236 __pthread_kill + 10

    1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80238ad7 pthread_kill + 95

    2   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80bfb30 0xb8000000 + 785200

    3   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487

    4   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496

    5   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791

    6   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

     

     

    Thread 1:

    0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80142afa mach_msg_trap + 10

    1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80143267 mach_msg + 68

    2   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb819440f CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 206231

    3   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80170259 _pthread_start + 345

    4   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x801700de thread_start + 34

     

     

    Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):

      eax: 0x00000000  ebx: 0x802fc540  ecx: 0xb7fff9ac  edx: 0x80239236

      edi: 0xb8211640  esi: 0x00000005  ebp: 0xb7fff9d8  esp: 0xb7fff9ac

       ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00000286  eip: 0x80239236   cs: 0x00000007

       ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037

      cr2: 0x8023922c

     

     

    Binary Images:

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    0x8007d000 - 0x800e7fe7  libstdc++.6.dylib 7.9.0 (compatibility 7.0.0) <411D87F4-B7E1-44EB-F201-F8B4F9227213> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib

    0x80142000 - 0x802e9ff7  libSystem.B.dylib 125.2.11 (compatibility 1.0.0) <2DCD13E3-1BD1-6F25-119A-3863A3848B90> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

    0x8036b000 - 0x804e6fe7  com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.6.5 (550.43) <10B8470A-88B7-FC74-1C2F-E5CBD966C051> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation

    0x805de000 - 0x805ecfe7  libz.1.dylib 1.2.3 (compatibility 1.0.0) <33C1B260-ED05-945D-FC33-EF56EC791E2E> /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib

    0x805f1000 - 0x805fdff7  libkxld.dylib ??? (???) <9A441C48-2D18-E716-5F38-CBEAE6A0BB3E> /usr/lib/system/libkxld.dylib

    0x80601000 - 0x80647ff7  libauto.dylib ??? (???) <29422A70-87CF-10E2-CE59-FEE1234CFAAE> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib

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    0x80838000 - 0x808e5fe7  libobjc.A.dylib 227.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <9F8413A6-736D-37D9-8EB3-7986D4699957> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib

    0x808f9000 - 0x808fcfe7  libmathCommon.A.dylib 315.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <1622A54F-1A98-2CBE-B6A4-2122981A500E> /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib

    0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4163b  dyld 132.1 (???) <4CDE4F04-0DD6-224E-ACE5-3C06E169A801> /usr/lib/dyld

    0xb8000000 - 0xb81defff  LaunchCFMApp ??? (???) <F24FBFDD-E694-6F38-BFFB-293613CEF2DE> /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp

    0xffff0000 - 0xffff1fff  libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <2DCD13E3-1BD1-6F25-119A-3863A3848B90> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

     

     

    Translated Code Information:

    objc[383]: garbage collection is ON

    NO CRASH REPORT

    Model: MacPro4,1, BootROM MP41.0081.B07, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.93 GHz, 24 GB, SMC 1.39f5

    Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATI Radeon HD 4870, PCIe, 512 MB

    Memory Module: global_name

    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)

    Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

    Network Service: Built-in Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0

    PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 4870, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-2

    Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N, 7.54 GB

    Serial ATA Device: WDC WD20EADS-00S2B0, 1.82 TB

    Serial ATA Device: WDC WD20EARS-22MVWB0, 1.82 TB

    Serial ATA Device: WDC WD20EADS-00S2B0, 1.82 TB

    USB Device: Keyboard Hub, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x1006, 0xfa200000 / 2

    USB Device: Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0, 0x045e  (Microsoft Corporation), 0x0745, 0xfa230000 / 4

    USB Device: Apple Keyboard, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x024f, 0xfa220000 / 3

    USB Device: Photosmart C4600 series, 0x03f0  (Hewlett Packard), 0x7411, 0xfd300000 / 3

    USB Device: My Book 1140, 0x1058  (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.), 0x1140, 0xfd100000 / 2

    USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x5a100000 / 2

    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8215, 0x5a110000 / 3

    FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec

  • by GetBobT1,

    GetBobT1 GetBobT1 Feb 20, 2012 10:50 PM in response to GetBobT1
    Level 1 (5 points)
    Feb 20, 2012 10:50 PM in response to GetBobT1

    This one is for excel. Safari has crashed also, but I did the install and it seems more stable now. I will post a crash if it does, but the crashlog is empty.

     

    Process:         LaunchCFMApp [1778]

    Path:            /Applications/MSOffice2002/Microsoft Excel

    Identifier:      com.microsoft.Excel

    Version:         10.1.6 (10.1.6 (040913), © 1985-2001 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.)

    Code Type:       PPC (Translated)

    Parent Process:  launchd [185]

     

     

    Date/Time:       2012-02-21 01:39:47.303 -0500

    OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)

    Report Version:  6

     

     

    Interval Since Last Report:          2882 sec

    Crashes Since Last Report:           3

    Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   1

    Anonymous UUID:                      79B9B542-BE74-460A-9343-A454C18087C1

     

     

    Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGTRAP)

    Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

    Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

     

     

    Thread 0 Crashed:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

    0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80239236 __pthread_kill + 10

    1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80238ad7 pthread_kill + 95

    2   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80bfb30 0xb8000000 + 785200

    3   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487

    4   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496

    5   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791

    6   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

     

     

    Thread 1:

    0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80142afa mach_msg_trap + 10

    1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80143267 mach_msg + 68

    2   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb819440f CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 206231

    3   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80170259 _pthread_start + 345

    4   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x801700de thread_start + 34

     

     

    Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):

      eax: 0x00000000  ebx: 0x802fc540  ecx: 0xb7fff9ac  edx: 0x80239236

      edi: 0xb8211640  esi: 0x00000005  ebp: 0xb7fff9d8  esp: 0xb7fff9ac

       ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00000286  eip: 0x80239236   cs: 0x00000007

       ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037

      cr2: 0x8023922c

     

     

    Binary Images:

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    0x8007d000 - 0x800e7fe7  libstdc++.6.dylib 7.9.0 (compatibility 7.0.0) <411D87F4-B7E1-44EB-F201-F8B4F9227213> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib

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    0x8036b000 - 0x804e6fe7  com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.6.5 (550.43) <10B8470A-88B7-FC74-1C2F-E5CBD966C051> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation

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    0x80601000 - 0x80647ff7  libauto.dylib ??? (???) <29422A70-87CF-10E2-CE59-FEE1234CFAAE> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib

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    0x80838000 - 0x808e5fe7  libobjc.A.dylib 227.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <9F8413A6-736D-37D9-8EB3-7986D4699957> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib

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    0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4163b  dyld 132.1 (???) <4CDE4F04-0DD6-224E-ACE5-3C06E169A801> /usr/lib/dyld

    0xb8000000 - 0xb81defff  LaunchCFMApp ??? (???) <F24FBFDD-E694-6F38-BFFB-293613CEF2DE> /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp

    0xffff0000 - 0xffff1fff  libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <2DCD13E3-1BD1-6F25-119A-3863A3848B90> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

     

    Process:         LaunchCFMApp [1778]

    Path:            /Applications/MSOffice2002/Microsoft Excel

    Identifier:      com.microsoft.Excel

    Version:         10.1.6 (10.1.6 (040913), © 1985-2001 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.)

    Code Type:       PPC (Translated)

    Parent Process:  launchd [185]

     

     

    Date/Time:       2012-02-21 01:39:47.303 -0500

    OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)

    Report Version:  6

     

     

    Interval Since Last Report:          2882 sec

    Crashes Since Last Report:           3

    Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   1

    Anonymous UUID:                      79B9B542-BE74-460A-9343-A454C18087C1

     

     

    Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGTRAP)

    Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

    Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

     

     

    Thread 0 Crashed:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

    0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80239236 __pthread_kill + 10

    1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80238ad7 pthread_kill + 95

    2   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80bfb30 0xb8000000 + 785200

    3   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487

    4   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496

    5   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791

    6   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

     

     

    Thread 1:

    0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80142afa mach_msg_trap + 10

    1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80143267 mach_msg + 68

    2   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb819440f CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 206231

    3   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80170259 _pthread_start + 345

    4   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x801700de thread_start + 34

     

     

    Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):

      eax: 0x00000000  ebx: 0x802fc540  ecx: 0xb7fff9ac  edx: 0x80239236

      edi: 0xb8211640  esi: 0x00000005  ebp: 0xb7fff9d8  esp: 0xb7fff9ac

       ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00000286  eip: 0x80239236   cs: 0x00000007

       ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037

      cr2: 0x8023922c

     

     

    Binary Images:

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    0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4163b  dyld 132.1 (???) <4CDE4F04-0DD6-224E-ACE5-3C06E169A801> /usr/lib/dyld

    0xb8000000 - 0xb81defff  LaunchCFMApp ??? (???) <F24FBFDD-E694-6F38-BFFB-293613CEF2DE> /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp

    0xffff0000 - 0xffff1fff  libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <2DCD13E3-1BD1-6F25-119A-3863A3848B90> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Feb 20, 2012 11:58 PM in response to GetBobT1
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    Feb 20, 2012 11:58 PM in response to GetBobT1

    Don't see anything in any of these. Follow this https://discussions.apple.com/message/17650093#17650093 to see if any clues come up.

  • by rufus23,

    rufus23 rufus23 Feb 22, 2012 7:34 AM in response to MadMacs0
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    Feb 22, 2012 7:34 AM in response to MadMacs0

    I'm having the same problem - random numbers appear in finder drop down and right-click menus. My programs aren't quitting unexpectedly though. I could not locate any of the 5 files except for the invisible one.

     

    I'm a complete failure when it comes to this sort of stuff so any help would be much appreciated

     

     

    *EDIT* Ohhppp I spoke too soon. Restarted twice and it's fixed. Thanks for all the help ^_^

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Feb 22, 2012 10:53 AM in response to rufus23
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    Feb 22, 2012 10:53 AM in response to rufus23

    rufus23 wrote:

     

    I'm having the same problem - random numbers appear in finder drop down and right-click menus. My programs aren't quitting unexpectedly though. I could not locate any of the 5 files except for the invisible one.

     

    I'm a complete failure when it comes to this sort of stuff so any help would be much appreciated

     

     

    *EDIT* Ohhppp I spoke too soon. Restarted twice and it's fixed.

    Unfortunately, you have disabled the symptoms, but most of the Trojan remains installed. We are just starting to learn where they put the rest of the items and I'm sure your computer has been registered as infected with the malware developer, but I have no idea what else it might have done to your computer. It has likely inserted code into some of your applications (e.g. Safari), disabled Apple and other AV systems, and who knows what else. The only sure way to eliminate this threat as of right now is to reformat your drive, reinstall OS X and restore only your personal data from backup.

  • by rufus23,

    rufus23 rufus23 Feb 22, 2012 5:17 PM in response to MadMacs0
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    Feb 22, 2012 5:17 PM in response to MadMacs0

    Just a few questions before I reformat and reinstall OS X.

     

    If I have any photos/documents/mp3 files that are not backed up, does this mean I can't transfer these to an external hard drive from the infected computer and transfer them back after?

     

    Can you please explain to me what actually happens as a result of this trojan?

     

    Thank you again

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Feb 22, 2012 6:53 PM in response to rufus23
    Level 5 (4,801 points)
    Feb 22, 2012 6:53 PM in response to rufus23

    rufus23 wrote:

     

    If I have any photos/documents/mp3 files that are not backed up, does this mean I can't transfer these to an external hard drive from the infected computer and transfer them back after?

    No guarantees, but I don't think it would infect any personal files as it has been tucking things away in places that exist for all users, so you should be OK for now.

    Can you please explain to me what actually happens as a result of this trojan?

    Again, not with any certainty. All we seem to know for certain about the new strain comes from this short article from Intego. From that I gather that it still does the same thing, install a backdoor for future exploitation use and reports to the mother ship that it has successfully infected your Mac with information that positively identifies your machine and userID. We have no idea what their next move might be.

     

    If you have any clues as to how you were infected, that remains a mystery. Earlier versions relied on convincing users that their FlashPlayer needed to be updated to view a web page, but none of the users infected by this version can recall doing that in the past week or so. It would have involved clicking on something to launch the Java applet, but we don't know what that web site might have been predending to market.

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