Thanks for your input...really all I did was search a google image and as soon as I clicked on it the whole thing went beserk...scanning files with constant updates scrolling files that looked familiar to my me...I NEVER GAVE A PASSWORD TO ANY PROMPT...really I am no noob at this...I will follow the link cwa with thanks. I truly appreciate all the mods input. cheers!
ediddy
OK, that may certainly be the case - I don't have first-hand knowledge of this particular trojan. If it didn't prompt for a password, then chances are that it's relatively benign (although I do believe it tries to extort your credit card number - hopefully you didn't give it that).
Just so you understand, the reason that Macs tend to be fairly secure is that nothing can modify the operating system in a significant way unless you give it your password. So, any changes it might make are limited to your user account (that means that removal is as simple as creating a new user account, porting your data, and removing the old account).
But either way, it's good advice to be wary of anything that pops up out of the blue. This one exploits a particular setting in Safari that automatically unzips files. I would recommend turning that setting off...
1. Open Safari
2. Go into the Safari menu and go to Preferences
3. Under the General tab, uncheck this box: