They do in fact! More info: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/05/02/mac-users-hit-with-fake-av-when-using-google-image-search/ Download link: http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx Also, recommend grabbing WOT for the future, helps with browsing the web safely: http://www.mywot.com/en/download Kiernan Gulick-Sherrill Green Earth Computers www.greenearthpc.us kiernan at greenearthpc.us 413-282-TECH Follow Me: [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/greenearthpc> [image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kiernangs> [image: Twitter]<http://www.twitter.com/greenearthpc> Member: Business Networking International (BNI) Mill River Chapter: visit http://millriverbni.com On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Neal Priestly <neal.priestly at gmail.com>wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > Shel- > > If you have not resolved this yet, there is a Mac virus on the loose at > this time according to the tech media. > > I'm hearing that Sophos has a free AV offering for Mac which is effective > against it. > > -Neal Priestly > Free Range Technologist > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Shel Horowitz, Ethical/Green Marketing > Expert <shel at principledprofit.com> wrote: > >> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> She writes: >> >> At 11:30 PM +0000 5/17/11, gloyoshi at comcast.net wrote: >> >A crazy thing is happning on my computer. I'm getting unasked for, >> >full pages of graphic porn -- gay, s & M, etc, unasked and >> >uninvited. It changes my browser to Firefox, also unasked for. >> >what's going on and do I eliminate it? >> >> >> She is on a Mac running OS 10.4. I believe her usual browser is >> Safari. She's not very tech-savvy, but if anyone has a good idea to >> try, I can try to help her through it. >> >> Please Reply to All so she and I are both in the loop. >> >> Thanks! >> -- >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Shel Horowitz >> Marketing consultant/copywriter, author, speaker, book shepherd >> Affordable, ethical, effective marketing materials and strategies >> "Reach Green, socially conscious consumers with >> marketing that has THEM calling YOU" >> >> Twitter (best way to reach): @shelhorowitz >> >> Sign the Business Ethics Pledge - Help Change the World >> <http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org> >> >> http://greenandprofitable.com/ http://guerrillamarketinggoesgreen.com >> mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com * 413-586-2388 >> Award-winning author of eight books. Latest: >> Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green (co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson) >> Blog on Green Marketing/Ethics/Politics: >> http://greenandprofitable.com/shels-blog/ >> _________________________________________________ >> _______________________________________________ >> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >> >> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. >> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >> page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20110519/14376fdd/attachment.html