About once a day I get a popup from Sophos to tell me it has found malware in /Users/wmiller/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/Outlook Temp . The name is variable, usually something like sdr.com.zip (sdr.com is my email domai), but they all seem to contain versions of Win32/MyDoom. It is never clear if this is a threat to OS/X or where it came from.
These are the real questions: What is the threat and where does it come from?
This is a Mac running a Microsoft app, Outlook::Mac, which, of course, talks to MS servers running the other end of the mail server system (is it still called Exchange?) . My first guess is that a Windows worm would not work on OS/X but since it is directed at search engines and phishes (as I understand it) , I wory that it might be able to use even Mac's java and do damage.
So, how do I tell if the malware is coming in attached to emails? I mostly get trusted email on my work email and have no reason to open anything but pdf's, spreadsheets, MS/Word docs and pictures, never any sense opening a Windows specific attachment. If I follow a URL it most likely came from a trusted collegue.
So, am I getting the malware daily? Am I passing it on? How would I check? I remove the detected file(s) but they come back.
Wes
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