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| Subject | Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| References | <q1gkni$hnm$1@news.albasani.net> <bK-dnXwRbP1QVKHBnZ2dnUU7-UvNnZ2d@giganews.com> <slrnq3q3hu.26tq.g.kreme@Snow.local> |
| From | Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> |
| Date | 2019-01-14 18:18 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <SaydnYo6CNAthaDBnZ2dnUU7-LOdnZ2d@giganews.com> (permalink) |
On 2019-01-14 17:33, Lewis wrote:
> In message <bK-dnXwRbP1QVKHBnZ2dnUU7-UvNnZ2d@giganews.com> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>> On 2019-01-13 19:22, gtr wrote:
>>> A friend is adamant I see a movie. Along the (unplayable) video he sent
>>> me there is a unix compressed archive named "CodecSetup-Mac". I've
>>> uncompressed it and there sure is a lot of stuff going on in there.
>>>
>>> Elsewhere I see on the next that others believe it is a trojan hourse
>>> for Windows, but there is also this Mac version. What know he of all this?
>>>
>>> I think Perian use to provide a lot of codecs but they are now gone, and
>>> wonder if a utility that *seems* to purport to provide support for newer
>>> videos is valid. I assume it is not and I have ditched it, but I'd like
>>> to know what history there is of this.
>>>
>>> Perhaps I should get some expensive antivirus software--JOKE! I'm only
>>> joking!
>
>> Did you try ffmpeg to convert it to .mov?
>
> If it does not play in VLC, and he's said ti does not, it is not worth
> wasting time on and is almost certainly simply a malware package or a
> fake binary blog to encourage the malware package's installation.
>
>> (Our security cameras at work record in .dav. When we need to copy
>> segment for, er, legal reasons, we convert it using the command above.
>> (.fmt would be .dav of course...)
>
> And VLC will load the .dav, even it it will not play it perfectly, it
> will play it.
Definitely not. First thing we tried. Then Handbrake. Neither worked.
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CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2019-01-13 16:22 -0800
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-13 19:34 -0500
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2019-01-14 14:13 +1300
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2019-01-13 21:12 -0600
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2019-01-14 03:36 +0000
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2019-01-13 20:22 -0800
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2019-01-14 19:17 +1300
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-14 06:53 -0500
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2019-01-13 23:05 -0700
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2019-01-14 12:41 -0500
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2019-01-14 11:48 -0700
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2019-01-14 16:22 -0500
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2019-01-14 16:25 -0500
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2019-01-14 22:33 +0000
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2019-01-14 18:18 -0500
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2019-01-15 05:23 +0000
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2019-01-14 21:32 -0800
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2019-01-15 19:35 -0500
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2019-01-15 18:40 -0800
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-16 08:24 +0000
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2019-01-16 17:53 -0800
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2019-01-17 16:04 +1300
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2019-01-16 19:49 -0800
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-01-16 23:16 -0800
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2019-01-17 18:53 +0000
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2019-01-17 10:55 -0800
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-18 01:13 +0000
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2019-01-17 18:42 -0800
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? "David B." <"David B"@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-01-18 09:12 +0000
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2019-01-15 19:33 -0500
Re: CodecSetup-Mac - Trojan? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2019-01-14 21:31 -0800
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