Re: Possible security problem?

In article <BF0E2409.12C46%veronique_souchon@hotmail.com>,
 Veronique Souchon <veronique_souchon@hotmail.com> wrote:

> The only google references to msinit are to windows exe files and
> they certainly wouldn't be running on a Mac. VPC wasn't running so they
> wouldn't be running there either.

They are to Windows worms and trojans. There are or were Windows malware
that would run on a Mac providing you were running Microsoft programs.
I'd be a bit concerned and scan the first twenty google pages for clues.
Ignore the "Windows only" stuff if Microsoft is anywhere on your system.
Especially if you're using Samba. I forget if you said you were.
<http://www.susaaland.dk/unofficial-samba-howto/index.html> does mention
msinit in a couple of places. And the daemon you say fires up is a Samba
daemon.
The good news, if you have a problem, is that it won't affect your Mac.
But it may spew zombie crap to Windows machines if it's working. I'll be
interested in the outcome. Please keep us posted.
My worst conjecture is that you may have an infected Samba server that
may be functional. I doubt it's that bad. And I don't remember whether
you are using samba :-)
But it sounds like msinit is firing it up.

leo

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