New Trojan Horses

Last night, I made the mistake of downloading an app called "Wine" and "Winebottler". These are apps that allow Windows programs to be played on Macintosh without installing Windows. I ended up with 13 new OSX Trojan Horses on my Macintosh. These apps kept on installing add ons to the iTunes Store. I knew I was in trouble immediately, I guess, by instinct.I had also installed Wineskin for the same purpose, but I don't think that was the problem as I found no Trojan Horses associated with this app. I had my security set to download from App Store and Trusted Developers only. I am now going to upgrade my security to download from App Store only now, but I don't know for sure if that will help.
Luckily, I had Kaspersky on my Mac, and it kept on finding Trojan Horses on a full scan. I had firevault on and iCloud on. I am wondering now if my iCloud account is infected. I am currently erasing my whole hard drive and reinstalling. I will not turn on iCloud until I get some advice. For those that are unaware, I know we are in a cyberwar. I don't know where these apps originated, but I wanted the community to know this. I've used Macintosh since the first day it was available in 1984. I've never had troubles with viruses and Trojan Horses like this, except for two that were found by Kaspersky a couple of months ago and were easily found, isolated and disinfected. Not these. Most were easily disinfected: all but two. I had to restart the computer and Kaspersky got rid of them. Kaspersky is a great program, but I wasn't sure if it got rid of everything, which led me to erase and reinstall.
Please inform my about how secure iCloud is against attached viruses or should I delete my account.

etresoft wrote:
straycat23 wrote:
I downloaded from WineHQ.org.
I doubt that because WineHQ doesn't have any Mac versions of Wine available. They distribute Linux binaries and source. If you downloaded a Mac version, it must have come from somewhere else.
As soon as I downloaded it and the Winebottler, I knew I had problems.
Why?
I took your earlier advice: left OS10.9.1 in place and turned iCloud back on. I hope I made the right decision. I did not delete Kaspersky because OSX did not delete the Trojan or prevent it from being downloaded. Kaspersky did.
But you are in a catch-22 situation here. These forums are full of people reporting problems with computers and antivirus is a very common cause. By comparison, there are far fewer people reporting problems with trojans. Are these programs really trojans? And even if they are, would they cause as much trouble and be as difficult to remove as antivirus? I doubt it
As far as I can tell WineHQ must be a trusted developer, because that is how my computer is set as I previously stated.
I would definitely consider WineHQ to be trustworthy (more so than antivirus vendors) but they definitely do not have an Apple Developer ID that would enable them to distribute software past Gatekeeper. Someone malicious may have repackaged Wine, added trojans, and signed it with a Developer ID. The only way to address that problem is to identify where you got the software so that the illicit Developer ID can be revoked.
I did not download these programs to play games. That's for Millenials. I downloaded these because Windows is a disaster, and I didn't want to load Windows on my computer. There are Windows programs that there is no equivalent in Mac.
It doesn't matter why you downloaded them. If they are Windows programs, you are going to have to run Windows. Wine is a cool project, but very little software actually works on it.
I also deleted Adobe Flash Player as was advised in another thread. Now I can't see instructions in YouTube. Does the App Store have a recommended flash player to see You Tube?
Download Adobe Flash directly from Adobe and installer. Then download the Click2Flash Safari extension: http://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ so you can avoid Flash, if possible. If you ever get any Flash popup asking for an update, always close it - always. Then go to the Adobe Flash site yourself and see if there is an update and download it.
I downloaded the program from WineHQ. It's in my history. I went back and looked today. I don't think Linux has an iTunes version. I downloaded a program I didn't request that attached itself to iTunes. This is how I knew I had problems.
I appreciate all the advice: dismissive or not. It did give me confidence there's nothing wrong with my computer. I just don't have faith in Mac like I used to. I'm guessing that the trojans were not real, but I'm glad I had a device to delete the false positives, if for no other reason than it made me feel better. Any website can be attacked by hackers. Maybe that's what happened to WineHQ.

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  • Need to revert to my old OS on iPad. Cannot. Tried using old backup but this Trojan horse type software has corrupted my ability to do so. Tried emailing but it bounced back unacknowledged. I was sent notice that I can't get support. Christmas 2012 gift.

    New OS causing major problems. Forced to purge data and wipe iPad. Now my computer has changed. My software has changed on iPad. Tried using old backup from earlier date but Trojan horse software created by Apple has decided to stay.
    Have 16gig. IPad 2 bought December 2012 for Christmas but according to Apple I am out of Apple care and would need to pay for support. When has 1 year apple care become 9 months?
    Wasted an entire day trying to purge my older computer which is linked to this iPad. I reset my iPod and ended up deleting and wiping clean but it's not factory but the aggressive 7.2 which returned. I want my old OS back. Their software has destroyed my ability to use my iPad for the purposes I intended it for.
    I don't do social media other than Pinterest and I want the fluffy stuff gone. They need to forget trying to get me into the clouds and fix this iPad so I can use it for real world applications.
    You can only keep resetting so often. There has been hardware issues almost since purchase because it crashed several times even before updated fiasco.
    Help please.

    Ralph9430, thanks for responding but the fact that they don't support AppleCare on a unit less than a year old despite being an older version is wrong.
    It suppose to be from date of purchase so their not taking responsibility for the maiming of people's computers and their subsequent arrogance in not removing it is going to their undoing.
    We have purchased iPhones, Mac Pro, iPad, iPod touches in the nano, shuffle and touch versions in the past as well as the more solid 80gig version. I
    I am still using 3G model phone and I can no longer find apps to use with it because Apple feels I don't deserve new apps. 
    My children are using iPhone 4 and my daughter was seeking to upgrade to the newest model when it becomes available. They are social, I am not and I deserve the software I paid for. It should always be an option.
    I can tell you that this particular oversight is causing me to look elsewhere for future purchases and  I will not be recommending Apple to others as I have in the past.

  • Flashplayer plug upgrade/install 11.6.602.180 failed because Trojan Horse

    flashplayer plug upgrade/install 11.6.602.180 failed because Trojan Horse was detected by my antiviral software.
    Please can you help?
    Prof_ST

    Hello Wojislav,
    Thank you for your prompt response. Yes, I can do that but don't you think that it would be preferable if the installer/update script didn't evoke this response? None of my other software updates does and while I would like to trust people, these days it gets harder and harder when folks are willing to lie and cheat at the drop of a hat and without compunction. It does not help either that false sites (Adobe mimics) have been installing Trojan Horses so it would be safer all around to remove that foible. It is just not very good. Or at least, it does not look very good, which amounts to the same thing at first glance.
    Thanks again for you concern.
    Prof_ST
    On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:06:45 +1000 Wojislav &lt;[email protected]&gt; wrote -
          Re: flashplayer plug upgrade/install 11.6.602.180 failed because Trojan Horse
      created by Wojislav in Installing Flash Player - View the full discussion   Modify antivirus 
    Script for automatic updates some programs identify as a Trojan horse
    you have to put in trusted sources adobe installer
    or simply do the following: disable antivirus, install adobe, Switch on antivirus
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  • My NB505-N500BL with windows 7 got a Trojan Horse Virus..

    Hello all,
    OK.. I bought this NB505-N500BL, Serial # a couple years ago, it has Windows 7 Operation system.   I loaned it out to a friend who promptly got a Trojan Horse Virus then sent it back to me.  I cannot find the original CD that came with this computer and I didn't make a recovery disc for it when I bought it.. (silly me)..
    Question:   How do I fix this problem? IS it worth fixing?  can I do it by buying a recovery disc from Toshiba OR do I need to buy new hardware?     
    Thanks..   Frank

    mini notebook NB505-N500BL
    Your support page is here - http://support.toshiba.com/support/modelHome?freeText=2871355
    From your user guide located here - http://support.toshiba.com/support/staticContentDetail?contentId=2865070&isFromTOCLink=false
    Before you start recovery plug in power supply for the entire process:
    You can recover the original factory image (returning the computer
    to its out-of-box state) using the utilities stored on your computer’s
    internal storage drive or using recovery DVDs/media, if you have
    created such media. To recover using the first method, follow the
    procedure below. To recover using the second method, see
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