[X-Newbies] Opener Malware

[Shawn King]

On 10/27/04 1:44 AM, "W Lane" <wilann at telusplanet.net> wrote:

> 
> On Oct 26, 2004, at 19:12, Carol Weber Mckee wrote:
> 
>> Has anybody else found Opener Malware on their computer?  I found it
>> by going to find and typing in "opener."  I have been reading it about
>> it.  I wonder if it is responsible for changing my password on ebay.
>> Carol
> 
> Hmmm, What exactly did you find, and where?
> 
> To the best of my knowledge the only way to find if you have it (which
> is unlikely in the extreme) is to start up the Terminal application and
> enter the following:
> 
> sudo ls -l /Users/*/Public/.info
> 
> You should get 'No Match', unless you are infected.

And it's *highly* unlikely you are affected.

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