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Mal/JavaKP-N Troj/JavaBz-S Troj/JavaDl-BU - Windows or Mac?

booyakasha

Hi,

These threats were detected on my first initial scan on my Mac.  As they are Java based, I am guessing that I should be concerned about this infection of my Mac.  I have removed them using Sophos but am concerned what damage has or is being done...or if Sophos is just detecting Windows malware on my Mac?

I dont want to face a re-install, but dont want infections going up to part of my cloud based backup..and am never convinced you can just remove these things as easily as Sophos seems to make it!

Also, how do I do a rootkit check on the Mac?

Regards

b

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    Troj/JavaDl-BU is a generic download script, and so could run on a Mac as easily as on Windows.  However, Troj/JavaBz-S and Mal/JavaKP-N are Windows-only, so it's likely you've been hit with a Windows targeted drive-by attack (you visited the wrong web page/ad banner/search result).  These drop trojans, not rootkits (they don't exploit a rootable hole in OS X), so unless you've authenticated something you shouldn't have, your underlying OS should still be fine.

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    Troj/JavaDl-BU is a generic download script, and so could run on a Mac as easily as on Windows.  However, Troj/JavaBz-S and Mal/JavaKP-N are Windows-only, so it's likely you've been hit with a Windows targeted drive-by attack (you visited the wrong web page/ad banner/search result).  These drop trojans, not rootkits (they don't exploit a rootable hole in OS X), so unless you've authenticated something you shouldn't have, your underlying OS should still be fine.

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