Help - virus on the MAC?

I recently upgraded to the MAC Lion OS. I've started receiving a message box when I leave my laptop idle. "Apple agent wants to make changes. Please enter password" Of course, I do not enter the password. But then I will notice that if I open Safari, it would actually show iTunes. I have been shutting off the computer when this happends and then turning it back on. Anyone else have any idea if this is a virus? What to do???

Hi Allan, no I have not. If I did, I am not aware. Where can I go see what, if any, RSS Feeds are subscribed?
I just downloaded ClamXav and ran a scan. No viruses found. I am curious as to where the message box comes from though. Thanks.

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OS X has got its own security systems, as XProtect and Gatekeeper, that makes your Mac safer, so I think that you don't have to worry about antiviruses that can slow down your computer or damage OS X. See > http://www.thesafemac.com/mmg
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These 'warnings' are usually pop-unders from a web page you've visited (i.e. they stay behind the page you're viewing so you don't see them until later).
They claim to have scanned your computer and found viruses: this is complete rubbish and a scam - aimed really at Windows users (the details given are often applicable only to windows).
You don't have any viruses: there are no Mac viruses in the wild. There are trojans and malware, but in all cases you have to actually install them (usually they try to make you think you are installing something else) and you would have had to give your admin password to do so.
You were right to stop the download. Never ever download or click any links on anything of this nature. Unless you have specific anti-virus software installed (which would identify itself in any warning) no warning of this nature can be genuine: it's an attempt to get you to install malware, some of which can be very nasty.

Weird things happening to my Mac - Could really be a Virus on the Mac?

Hallo everyone out there,
I'm making this post hoping I can get some information to solve my issue.
I did search on the forum and on the net for a possible solution but with no results.
I apologize in advance in case I miss some related/important post.
Please forgive my english since is my second language.
*The MAC:*
HD 1: OS 10.5.4
2x3 Ghz Quad-Core
4 Gb 667 DDR 2
ATI RAdeon 1900XT
Double Monitor System
External Maxtor HD (firewire)
HD 2: Win Xp SP2
Firewall: Little Snitch
Ethernet/Wireless Modem
Backup: TimeMachine
*The Issue:*
First boot of the day got an alert message from the firewall: "the settings have been changed"
Right Click: the usual menu doesn't stay on but it fades away just after less then 1 sec.
Top Bar: can't access the different menu on the top bar, the menu fades away just after less then 1 sec.
Utilities Folder: it's gone. is not in the APP folder anymore. Keyboard shortcut doesn't work
Dock: question marks instead of APP icons
System Pref: Can't access the system preferences
What i did:
Delete some apps and delete some files from the desk
Empty the bin
Shut down the Mac holding the power button
Switch on the system again
AFter that the top bar menu was working fine, but still can't access the system preferences and even the MORE INFO button didn't work.
Right Click worked for 3 minutes only and then again the menu issue
Got some monitors flashing and filckering (never had a problem)
Can't insert my admin passoword tring to change some settings: the letters are fine but pushing numbers on the keyboard make the system beeping.
After that i Restore a 5 days old backup with time machine.
Back on the desktop but the problems are still there.
I did try to unplug everything and then plug one item at the time but with no success.
The windows system is running fine -.-'
I download mp3 from Beatport.
I do use Azureus for movies.
Recently i opened some .ppt files (the source should be secure though)
I'm not the onl
I would really aprreciate any kind of help you might want to give.
Thx in advance for that.

Harden your router. Update the firmware and add some rules. Little Snitch should help. Run ClamXav and/or Intego demo VirusBarrier X5. Leopard Cache Cleaner includes ClamXav.
http://www.northernsoftworks.com/leopardcachecleaner.html
http://www.intego.com/
When you use Azureus you basically broadcast your IP to others.
By your restore, it doesn't sound like you keep emergency bootable backups, internal on another drive, and off line 'as needed' Firewire boot drive.
I doubt it is malware (people use "virus" to cover things that really are not a virus, like worms, trojan horses, and rootkits).
Boot from DVD or another drive and run Disk Warrior (after you run Disk Utility). Have you repaired your boot drive booted from another hard drive? tried deep cleaning cache folders? created a new test user account?
Setup an emergency system, not from backups, on a newly formatted drive. And pull your old drive first. Installing software from an original distribution disc to an empty hard drive, which is called a "clean install," is a best practice recommended by security organizations, such as NIST and US-CERT.

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See if you can boot into the Recovery volume (boot with the Command + R keys held down). There you can reinstall the system.

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I Have a Mac Mini (PowerPc G4) , but he don´t Install the Mac Os x 10.3.1 , and my drive disk presents problem for read the disc , have as , install the Mac Os X for USB Drive ? and there how download the Mac Os X for apple suport ?
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Is the 10.3.1 Disc the original one for this Mini series, or for another Mac?
You can't download 10.4, & it can be expensive...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mac+os+x+tiger+retail+10.4
See Tom's, (Texas Mac Man), great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15305521#15305521
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HT201250 It's amazing how little help "Help" is in the Mac on using Time machine to do a full "restore" .. Oh sure.. It says you can do it .. but offers no way of doing it by explanation .. Then we have this article that suggests to re-start with the "Com

.. but what do ya do when the "Command-R" keys do nothing at restart .. sigh!

Thanks Matt, for you quick help on this .. Unfortunately, the link is no help at all. Well.. It seems to offer help, and it sorta gets you started with some cautions .. but, actually provides no instruction on how to fully restore using Time Machine. It quickly launches into "Migration Assistant" which is not Time Machine software.
My problem is with Time Machine .. and the instructions on how to use it for a full restore .. Those instructions simply don't exist, or are hidden, and left as an exercise for the student to find.
Ironicly, there was nothing wrong with my computer, until Apple issued a recall to replace the 1TB drive in iMacs. After 3 years of my iMac working perfectly ...I made the fatal choice to let Apple replace my drive, at the California, Escondido, North County Apple store.   A work order was generated that would replace the drive, and a full restore would be done by the store, as I (like most everyone else) had no idea how to use Time machine for a full restore.
When I got the computer home (after 6 days in the store) .. I was shocked and horrified to find all data was gone.. it was essentially a new computer out of the box. They didn't "restore" anything.
I had backed up everything just before taking the iMac in. Unfortunately, all of my attempts at using Time Machine failed to produce any meaningful results .. And now .. a worse problem has developed.. When launching Time Machine.. the drive ( which does mount on the screen) is no longer listed as a "Time Machine Backup Disk) And apparently, cannot even be accessed by Time machine.
I called the Apple store .. They are sorry for the screw-up, and are saving my old drive, and will put it back in.. or use it, somehow, to restore my computer. Naturally, I do not trust them to be successful.
.. then there's the problem with the backup drive .. apparently caused by Time Machine.... sigh!

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Dear Gentlemen,
In the past two weeks I tried to install windows on the Mac Pro with *Boot Camp* but unfortunate that the *Boot Camp* dose not support when the Raid Card is installed in the Mac Pro so I ask the support in my area and he said ((just remove the card and the *Boot Camp* will work O.K. but really what happened??
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Dhahran.
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<http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacProRAIDCardInstallation.pdf>
When you reinstalled the RAID card, did you reconnect the iPass cable to the connector at the back of the card?
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<http://www.maxupgrades.com/istore/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_ id=158>
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<http://www.wiredzone.com/xq/asp/ic.10017434/qx/itemdesc.htm>
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derftl, welcome to Apple Discussions & the Mac community.
You can download a PDF copy of your Mac's user manual at this link.
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Go to this site & see if there is a User Group near you.
http://www.apple.com/usergroups/find/
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No. What ever you don't download MacKeeper. It will cause you nothing but troubles.
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The only malware out there are Trojans which use phishing attacks to get you to give them your permission to install them. This includes MacKeeper. It will attempt to get you allow it it with all means possible. So be careful and you don't need any software that is going to make your life miserable.
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