Topic: paper wallet offline readme file run terminal on osx possible virus ? ttys0000 (Read 488 times)

for whatever reason... it would appear that the OP has attempted to execute the README file as a script... and it has obviously thrown out some really weird and confusing errors.

If you check the README file as suggested by aleksej, you'll probably find that it is indeed just text... and that it doesn't contain any code.

By chance I was looking at the same issue earlier today. The README file has permissions set of 755, these are incorrect. Correct would be 644, it is not an executable file.

755 causes execution if you click on it, the system goes through the file looking for executables. You are seeing the errors from it not finding things to execute.

You can show this by keeping an OS X window open to the directory, entering terminal, going to the directory and

cp README README.test
chmod 644 README.test

and it becomes a text file clearly in the OS X window
click on it it acts like a text file.
(check for bad stuff in it.)

I agree the "exec" seen in OS X for what should be a README is a warning flag, and that it shouldn't be clicked on because you're giving an unknown thing permission to run on your system.

You can't really know the whole script just by looking at the output, but at least you know that it didn't really run successfully due to the errors in the output.It is very odd to have a script as a README file so I would be worried. Why don't you just run "cat README" in the console and see the commands yourself?

Btw, I searched for it on the Internet and found this https://github.com/cantonbecker/bitcoinpaperwalletLooks like this is what it is supposed to be, however there is no script in the README file. Line 61 matches but others don't even contain words "Applications" and "If" let along start with it. In fact, looking through the code's history, it never did.

i osx sierra 10.12.1 latest i guess
 i was trying to create multiple paper wallet and download

from the link a year ago i create a paper wallet and was using it with no issue
but just tried to create another paper wallets so i download zip file run from the computer on google chrome Version 60.0.3112.113 on MacBook
when hit read me file i didn't pay attention that is readme file is unix script and it is run some weird fast codes
now i scare that virus affected in my mac putting the entire code here output but i m sure i download from GitHub https site i should use pgp signature i guess
any one know what it is those codes?


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ta-MBP:~ tugba$ /Users/tugba/Desktop/carey_prc/bitcoinpaperwallet-master/README ; exit;
/Users/ta/Desktop/car/bitcoinpaperwallet-master/README: line 1: Applications: command not found
/Users/ta/Desktop/car/bitcoinpaperwallet-master/README: line 60: If: command not found
/Users/ta/Desktop/car/bitcoinpaperwallet-master/README: line 61: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/Users/tugba/Desktop/car/bitcoinpaperwallet-master/README: line 61: `* Get proof that it really was authored by Canton Becker ([email protected]) '
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