Zeus trojan

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Zeus trojan

I received an email today from my internet provider saying "One or more of the computers behind your cable modem are likely infected with the Zeus Trojan/bot, also known as Zbot." Any suggestions on which antivirus/malware can scan for this. I have read its mainly a windows virus but I wouldn't be surprised if I got it because recently I have been trading files with a windows user. I running OS X Yosemite 10.10.3.

Also if there is a better community to post this in please advise.

iMac (24-inch Early 2009)

Posted on Jul 26, 2015 8:26 PM

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etresoft

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Jul 27, 2015 12:47 PM in response to BigSkyflyer

Hello BigSkyflyer,

This seems to be a popular marketing campaign by ISPs to sell antivirus software. This malware only runs on Windows, so you are, of course, immune.

Here are many similar stories from Apple Support Communities: Zeus Trojan site:discussions.apple.com

I think the most effective "fix" was posted by ~Bee at the end of this thread: Any info on Macs and the ZEUS Trojan malware? My Cable provider has sent us an alert. We changed our Airport password but they still say we have an alert.

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