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post #41 of 43
9/28/11 at 7:15am
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Originally Posted by Hiro View Post

why not just open up the terminal and delete is using rm? None of the underlying OS services a file can access get invoked that way. It just goes away.

Sure not having to deal with the command line is a wonderful thing. But every once in a while a simple command can be immensely useful and far simpler than the GUI+services might make the endeavor otherwise.

I suppose that would work as well. All I know is that if the file is thrown in the trash it won't be deleted by emptying trash and it begins to cause serious problems.

Besides the risk of opening terminal, which is something some might not want to undertake, it is also possible that there are invisible elements of this Trojan Horse that won't be found in the User home folder file structure and thus would live on if the offending file is removed. Those underlying files don't end up in the new user home folder.
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post #42 of 43
9/28/11 at 12:26pm
Thanks you guys and gals for your assistance, I very much appreciate the time you all took in providing me with your advice. I'm sure my father will be thrilled to know you fellers, the community, are well-intentioned for a solution to my father's misfortunes.

And no, I am not a troll. I am just not as informed as most of you, and your assistance is amazing, and indispensable. So again, thank you very much, you peeps are great! Cheers

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Save all documents and personal data to a backup. Wipe and install the OS. Update it to the latest version. Then use Migration Assistant to reclaim docs and applications.

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Originally Posted by z3r0 View Post

Try macscan or Sophos Anti-Virus (Free) if not a clean install will do the trick.

I regularly maintain my Mac with MainMenu Pro as well. It makes running maintenance scripts a breeze along with cleaning system/user cache and rebuilding spotlight when necessary.

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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

What about that guy's post is in any way trollish?

He's asking a question that he wouldn't need to ask if he spent twenty seconds and read the actual article, but that's not trolling.

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Originally Posted by irnchriz View Post

Why would you do that?

Why not create a new user, see if that one is 'slow'. If it is not then you know its a setting/file issue on his Dads user account. Its incredibly unlikely that he has any malware and if he indeed has no malware you may actually identify what he has done to make it slow and prevent him from doing it again.

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1. Reformat
2. Reinstall
3. Reprimand


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Originally Posted by hezetation View Post

A lot of things can slow down a system besides just malware, first thing I would do is run a permissions repair on his drive and reboot. You may also need to re-download latest combo update for his system & install it.

If he is on Snow Leopard make sure he has the option set to check against Apple for the malware blacklist. If he is still getting every new malware out there after that then it's time to take his computer away cause that takes a lot of talent to download what most of us have never once run into.
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post #43 of 43
9/28/11 at 12:33pm
No I am not a troll. I am just not as informed as most of you. I never said my Father picked up this specific Trojan, so looking up the file name given by this article, that I did read, would not be of use to me. That is unless, because my lack of knowledge pertaining to Virus troubleshooting, this step is effective for all malicious content. Anyhow, I'm sorry I came across as a troll to you select few. Best regards, James

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Argh! The troll got you.

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Originally Posted by allblue View Post

Astro-turfing has become more sophisticated, more like astro-landscape gardening these days. I wonder how long before the original post is reposted on a Windows/Android forum as proof of Macs' vulnerability? 'Even posters on rabid Apple fan site AppleInsider are complaining...' etc etc.

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Originally Posted by ericblr View Post

Because that guys post was an obvious ruse to make macs look just as vulnerable.
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