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  • Re: odd startup prob: multiple utilities folders

    From Russ Dumke@russelldumke@sbcglobal.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 21:03:50
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <hbobi.2101$R9.972@bignews6.bellsouth.net>,
    "Dr zara" <zaraspook@adelphia.net> wrote:

    "Russ Dumke" <russelldumke@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:russelldumke-34A1F2.17113911062007@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net...
    After startup, I often see a second "Utilities" folder appear when I
    click on the original in the Apps folder. Trashing the Finder .plist
    solves the problem, but no maintenance I've done has prevented it from recurring after future restarts. Does anyone have an idea about what's going on and how to fix it?

    a virus. that's what effected your font also.

    It looks like you were right. I did some checking with ClamXav, and
    found a virus called HTML.Phishing.Auction-269 in my user level library.
    It was in the Firefox cache folder, which is odd because I very rarely
    use Firefox and keep the browser updated. Does anyone have any more info
    on this bug? A google search turned up mostly Italian language sites.

    This is the first Mac ( or at least Mac-affecting) virus I have caught
    in 14 years of being a Mac user--and I am security conscious.

    Thanks for your insight.

    Russ Dumke
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