• By John Mahoney
    Jan 23, 2009 2:15 PM 9,105
    read more: #security, #iworktrojanfix, #iwork, #apple, #trojans, #viruses, #osx, #macs, #software, #fix

    The Penicillin Fix For Your iWork '09 Trojan VD

    Here's a fix for the trojan you may have picked up while dipping unprotected into murky pirate waters for a bootleg copy of Apple's iWork '09.

    You can do it all manual-like, with the following Terminal incantations (But be careful! That's some unprotected deleting going on there):

    1) (open Terminal.app)

    2) sudo su (enter password)

    3) rm -r /System/Library/StartupItems/iWorkServices

    4) rm /private/tmp/.iWorkServices

    5) rm /usr/bin/iWorkServices

    6) rm -r /Library/Receipts/iWorkServices.pkg

    7) killall -9 iWorkServices

    Or, the folks at MacScan have released a free utility that handles the cleanup by itself. Download it here. [Macrumors]


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