Possible virus?

smsdchi · Jul 30, 2011

A friend had this pop up on her screen and I've never seen it. It's also playing music that wasn't on her computer. Any ideas?

cwa107 · Jul 30, 2011

That looks vaguely like the start-up video that will appear the first time you start OS X after installing it - and yes, it's accompanied by music.

What you're seeing is the Mac OS X logo, so it's not something out of the ordinary. If your friend was digging through her system files, she may have inadvertently executed the video.

There are no true viruses for the Mac at the present, although there are a handful of trojans out there - but none of them exhibit behavior like this.

MYmacROX · Jul 31, 2011

A "virus" is not something I don't understand about my computer.

pedropete · Jul 31, 2011

MYmacROX said:
A "virus" is not something I don't understand about my computer.

That's an unfortunate double-negative, meaning the opposite of what you're trying to say here !

schweb · Jul 31, 2011

Many member ask the question about viruses and malware on the Mac and in addition to using the search function at the top of the forum, you'll find almost all your answers here:

Official Antivirus, Malware, and Firewall FAQ

Lifeisabeach · Jul 31, 2011

pedropete said:
That's an unfortunate double-negative, meaning the opposite of what you're trying to say here !

For clarification to the grammar nazis, here's a fixed quote:

A "virus" is not "something I don't understand about my computer".

baggss · Jul 31, 2011

lifeisabeach said:
For clarification to the grammar nazis, here's a fixed quote:

That's not a grammar Nazi issue, it'c called being courteous to other members....

MYmacROX · Jul 31, 2011

I don't can't not remember to forget.