alberthai_ wrote:
I'm not sure if I just got hacked some information, my aunt asked for help for this unknown email asking her to pay her bills. I downloaded the attachment, unzipped it and there was this Unix file. I clicked it and it says :
-bash: /Users/inconnu/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads/22F9A43E-C9F5-45CF-8980-B8D8DA3BA0DE/scan 2/0b4699/M: cannot execute binary file
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.
[Process completed]
Should I be worried ?
highly unlikely.
bash is the command line shell.
It is saying that the file saved in the Mail downloads folder cannot be executed.
Often times if a file type is unknown, it is listed as a Unix file, which appears to be what happened here. When a file that is associated with Unix is double-clicked/opened, the default association is to launch Terminal, and pass the file to the bash shell to execute.
However, as Duane and EcoGreg indicate, you should not be trying launch unknown files.
With respect to your Aunt. Even if the email requesting she pay her bills is on-the-level, she should not click on ANY links or attachments in an email, as it could be forged. Instead, manually enter the web address or use a saved bookmark that she knows is correct, and see if the company that appears to be sending the bill has this bill on their web site. Or call them. Or go into their local offices. But never click on links that were handled to her on a silver platter.
