I caught a virus\trojan on my hackintosh

Yes its true....

3 people said to me:  "I thought macs couldn't get viruses"



Its not common but its very possible....

Ive built many hackintoshes & never had to deal with virus activity and I refused to believe the whole "Macs don't get viruses" statement.

So I deliberately accepted a trojan.

(I did it for you, thank me later)


The story:


I went downloading a program from a torrent site (don't ask, I will not tell)
I have Norton for mac installed & it went crazy after the download was complete. Usually when that happens I delete the program with no hesitations.

Some people say usually its a false alarm because of the keygen. 

So then it hit me, since there is a rumor about macs being immune to viruses, I decided to take the plunge. I aborted Nortons recommended option which is: quarantine & delete the trojan infected file.






The results:

Safari block pop-ups, so no annoying ads...

(fake mac virus scanner or something of that nature)



This is where it gets interesting. My utilities such as terminal & boot camp assistant where moved to another folder named "utilities" located in documents. I realized this after I tried to run "activity monitor"

When activity monitor is moved from the location application/utilities it will not function properly and you will start to see the spinning pinwheel. there will be no way to close activity monitor unless you force quit.




Luckily that was my only problem.
I found & removed the trojan with a free antivirus called ClamXav




Final notes:


Earlier I stated I have Norton for mac installed, yet I installed another antivirus called ClamXav.


Heres the bottom line, sometimes a single anti virus is not enough. 
In some cases you might need a little more protection. One of the most important things I have learned in my first year in communication electronics is "NOTHING IS 100 PERCENT EFFICIENT"


When I scanned with Norton It only found the package I download containing the trojan but I followed my gut instincts & did some research on other solutions.


ClamXav found & deleted a different (active) trojan




Although your chances are greater of NOT getting a trojan\virus because of the nature of Mac OSX, Just remember its very possible. So if you have not done it already then go get a antivirus and be careful!