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APPLE USERS - Check your "nexdefinstall.dmg" file for a virus.
Oct 13 2017

Posted on 10/13/2017 12:22:24 AM PDT by Yosemitest



TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; computervirus; mac; maccomputer
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It made an improvement to my computer's speed.
1 posted on 10/13/2017 12:22:24 AM PDT by Yosemitest
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To: Yosemitest

Bkm


2 posted on 10/13/2017 12:25:16 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream)
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To: Yosemitest

nexdefinstall.dmg is not a standard issue file on Mac OS. You downloaded something at some point, dude.


3 posted on 10/13/2017 12:40:36 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Yosemitest
I have no idea what you are talking about.

A quick google indicates that the file in question has something to do with watching major league baseball.

I would advise anyone never to install any .dmg without due diligence as to its provenance and verifying the checksum against a trusted source.

4 posted on 10/13/2017 12:40:40 AM PDT by cynwoody
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NexDef appears to be something specific to MLB.Com, meaning that pretty much no one needs to care. You should really elaborate on what you are trying to warn us about because I didn’t find anything on a virus relating to this plug-in.


5 posted on 10/13/2017 12:45:06 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: Spktyr

Unchecked your “Automatically trust system files” and run your scan again.


6 posted on 10/13/2017 12:46:22 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Yosemitest

Apple would never let viruses on their computer. It’s impossible.


7 posted on 10/13/2017 12:50:52 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Yosemitest

It’s not an Apple-issued file. It does not appear on an unmodified Mac nor is it on the Apple System manifest. It does not appear on *any* of my six Macs, “automatically trust system files” checked or unchecked.

You downloaded something from somewhere.


8 posted on 10/13/2017 12:51:50 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Yosemitest

The only place you can find that file is here:

http://mlb.mlb.com/shared/media/nexdef/v2013_129/nexdefinstall.dmg

You watch any baseball since 2013?


9 posted on 10/13/2017 12:53:16 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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I have no idea of when or where I got it.
All I know is my virus protection software pick it up as "infected" and fixed it .
10 posted on 10/13/2017 1:03:41 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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That file is infected with "OSX/CodecSmoke" .
11 posted on 10/13/2017 1:07:35 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Yosemitest

Clearly - but it’s not an Apple file, you downloaded it from somewhere and gave it authorization to run.


12 posted on 10/13/2017 1:38:37 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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All I know is my virus protection software pick it up as "infected" and fixed it .

Why are you running virus protection software on a Mac?

13 posted on 10/13/2017 1:43:42 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Haha.

Interesting question, there.


14 posted on 10/13/2017 1:53:05 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: Drew68

To catch any ‘mistakes’ that I might make.


15 posted on 10/13/2017 1:57:06 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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CleanMyMac by MacKeeper?


16 posted on 10/13/2017 2:26:44 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: Yosemitest

Any .dmg file is a DISK IMAGE, it cannot run unless you decompress the disk image and mount it to the Finder, and then open and execute the files that are in the disk. It is not an executable program or application file that can do anything at all.

Anything in it that is “Infected” is not going to affect your computer as it is just a stored file until it is unpacked, mounted as a disk, then the apps installed, and then executed. That cannot happen until YOU as the user, do it. It certainly cannot affect the speed of your computer.

If there was an infected file found by your anti-virus in that “nexdefinstall.dmg” file, it is the equivalent of finding a virus in an email package that has yet to be opened: it’s advisory only. . . and don’t mount that disk image.


17 posted on 10/13/2017 2:32:03 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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CleanMyMac by MacKeeper?

Under no circumstances use anything by MacKeeper. They are malware in and of themselves. 37 Attorneys General sued them and forced them to refund the purchase price to buyers for fraud three years ago. Steer a wide swath away from MacKeeper.


Just Say "NO!" to MacKeeper!

18 posted on 10/13/2017 2:39:05 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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To: JohnnyP
Nope !
And I'm not telling.
19 posted on 10/13/2017 2:46:10 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Swordmaker
Thanks for the info.
Can In delete it after it's been 'fixed' without setting up a virus problem, or a program that will fail to operate ?
20 posted on 10/13/2017 2:53:02 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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