Re: Spyware Detection Tools

I do understand "there might be giants"

But what I am looking for is real experience with, not the possibility of,
spyware/malware/keyloggers on Mac OSX. I very much agree that at some time
Macs may become a target, and good computer practice is called for, but
what I have at the moment is a "possible" compromised computer with no
evidence pointing to that computer other than the fact someone's bank info
was compromised. There are other suspects, I am just trying remove one area
of investigation.

Guy Vinson
Architecture Computing

At 10:50 AM 10/6/2005, Charles E. James wrote:
>Hi Mike
>
>I gathered from my readings that the majority of spyware that is
>dangerous is directed towards the Windows world. This is why the main
>stream spyware developers, i.e. ad-aware, spybot, spyware s & d, etc,
>have not created a Mac and/or Linux version of their tools.
>
>This does not mean that Mac is not targeted but simply means it is not
>the primary target (for now). I think you will agree that to wait until
>it is a more serious threat would not be prudent. Good security entails
>thinking like the enemy and trying to prepare for the inevitable.
>
>Charles
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>Mike Hunter wrote:
>
> >On Oct 06, "Charles E. James" wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Spyware detection and removal for Mac OS X!
> >>
> >>http://macscan.securemac.com/
> >>http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17436
> >>
> >>
> >
> >How serious of a problem is spyware on Mac OS X? How does one get
> >infected in the first place? When it comes to windows, my perception is
> >that getting infected usually involves using internet explorer to view an
> >untrusted site that somehow asks you to install a plugin or something...is
> >safari the way in for this Mac OS X spyware? Also, are there any settings
> >that people can make short of installing anti-spyware stuff that make it
> >hard to get infected in the first place?
> >
> >The only "infection" I've ever come across on a mac was my uncle's
> >powerbook. We ended up just reformatting the thing without looking hard
> >at exactly what went wrong. At the time I suspected that it might have
> >been compromised by evil shareware, since it seems like installing random
> >shareware binaries to do little tweaks is still really common in Mac
> >culture...but maybe I'm wrong and it's easy to get infected just by
> >browsing.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Mike
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