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Lots of Virus detection after 6.6.1 Update
Hello, I updated to 6.6.1 today and shortly after that my Virus Scanner detected a bunch of files: The First Message says my Storage is only 30% free, which is correct. The Next Message says it...
Try upgrading to 6.7 at the end of the week and let us know if it fixes it. We launched a hotfix for it to the systems but it requires a reboot after it applies -- that was readynasos 6.6.1+2
Thx guys. My mac has died 4 times this month, had 5 IO boards put in. Just got it back today and when I opened Chrome it gave an error saying something was on my system for me to remove it before using Chrome.. SO I reformated. Then deleted my ReadyNAS Timemachine backup.
So, it's all gonna be new.
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BUT.. on my original comment I wasn't asuming ReadyNAS virus program scanned my Mac.
My thinking ( which I typed poorly in my comment) .. My thinking was the ReadyNAS Timemachine Backup... "Backs Up My Mac"
--- as in.. duplicating the info Mac 2 ReadyNAS. So, it scanned the TimeMachine info that came from my Mac.
( I think I need to stop right there )
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SO, I have it setup again. Will see if I get a virus warning tomorrow when I get off work.
------------- No Virus Warning Today !! So my (1) Stoping/Deleting ReadyNAS Timemachine & (2) Formating/ Reinstalling my MacBook Pro, Then Readding ReadyNAS Timemachine fixed it, Removed any naughty files that ReadyNAS backed up onto it's TM.
It sounds to me like you assumed correctly. That's certainly how I perceived the issues. Your Mac had an infection. It was carried over into your "time machine" back ups and then saved to the NAS under the relavent directory. Then the NAS with its updated AV now saw the threats the previous scanner failed to see. Who knows how long they had actually been there. The rest is history.
On a side note. Do you run security software on your MAC? I'd like to make a suggestion for one but I'm not sure I can name names here. I personally don't let any device on my network that doesn't have strong security. MAC, Linux, Android, Windows...doesn't matter to me. If the machine doesn't have a decent AV AND a decent firewall I don't allow access. Period.
jtowntex wrote:
I'd like to make a suggestion for one but I'm not sure I can name names here.
You can. If you were trying to sell it, it would be a problem. But simply recommending it is fine.
Awesome.
For a MAC I'd use Kaspersky AV and Firewall.
And the website I like to use is VirusTotal. You upload the file or copy and paste the URL and it scans it on their servers using several tools - not on your machine. If you do a URL scan note that the results are for the URL itself and not any files that are downloaded from it. In the results "header box" you'll see a "downloaded file analysis" link and that will show results on the file itself. One perfect example... The lady that does our book keeping received an email trying to slip in a cryptogrpahic attack via a link. She ofcourse was not that dumb and asked me to investigate. The URL came back completely clean but the file itself to set off all 65 scanning tools the website used. This included, Kasperksy, Norton, KcAfee, Fortinet, AVG, Sophos, Panda, Avira...if the program is succesful enough for you to know the name it was probably on that list and they all agreed the file was a big threat.
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