Could I have gotten a virus ?

[XPcentric]

What happened is: I browsed some dodgy websites yesterday evening and something got corrupted with my Mac when I started this morning being at school this time

- first, the time was set to 0:00
- could not connect to university VPN when I arrived, (though I used it before) I reinstalled the vpn program and it worked then.
- now parallels didnt work, ( said smth about missing drivers), reinstalled parallels and now its working.
- there is only a general folder that is shared between Mac OS and Windows.

All that I'm using: Windows XP and after I closed XP yesterday, have chosen to revert and not to save the changes, browser used is Firefox with NoScript addon.

I guess it could have gone worst, if I didnt use the protective measures I did.

If anyone had similar problems, and if you have any advice. Guess I'll have to scan my Mac, but heard there is not viruses on Mac. I'm a newbie here!

 

[Stridder44]

I browsed some dodgy websites yesterday evening

If by dodgy do you mean seductive?

 

[jmann]

No. There are no viruses on Mac.

 

[r.j.s]

Were you browsing on XP in Parallels or on the Mac side?

Did you install anything?

 

[XPcentric]

I was browsing on Mac first trying to watch an asx streaming, interested in CMA Awards, than I found I cant play it and switched to XP Parallels. Then I started to watch more videos, all kinds.

Its bizarre what happened. Hope it didnt affect other programs. BTW, I'm not afraid of viruses, as long as I can recover my data; not as much such as of spyware and adaware programs, do they exist for a Mac ?

I think you agree, nobody would want his/her data to be passed on to third parties.

 

[r.j.s]

Nothing that happens in Parallels should affect the Mac side of your computer.

On which side were the problems? The XP install through Parallels may have gotten a virus, but it can't crossover. (Although it may have deleted/corrupted drivers in XP, which may explain you problem there.)

And, no, no one wants their data passed on.

 

[Nermal]

If you had shared folders then the contents of those folders could become infected. If your entire Mac volume was shared then a Windows virus could potentially modify any unprotected Mac OS system file.

 

[eXan]

Windows virus can't damage Mac side.

 

[r.j.s]

Windows virus can't damage Mac side.

Except one that randomly deletes crap when the entire Mac HD is shared - Nermal brought that point up.

 

[jbg232]

To be completely accurate, in theory and in labs there are viruses that can cross over but they have never been seen in the wild.