[Ti] Some one Hacked me!

[Lisbeth Zachs]

2005-01-10 kl. 22.40 skrev Ray M:
> My firewalls are running, except for file sharing since I use 2 macs 
> simultaneously,
> The files are still with me in the same folder, but apparently they 
> have
> been copied by some one who hacked into the system, I am not on a 
> network
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We may all feel that things aren't likely to happen with our Macs, but 
if Ray says his photos has appeared outside his Mac without him sending 
them there somebody or something has copied the files and some of his 
conversation and sent it to someone in his addressbook.

This description fits perfectly with the Virus common in PC and with 
Microsoft  and MSN involved. So my suggestion that this virus may be a 
Macrovirus of the kind that can sneak in to a Mac too seems possible.  
I agree with the others however that I don't believe anybody would have 
any interest in hacking your computer and just copy some conversation 
and photos.

Ray can you have your Macs checked for virus? Then if you need to have 
the filesharing between your Macs, so you cant have system firewalls 
on, a physical router/hardware firewall might be an alternative, though 
I definitely feel that is overkill when you only connect occasionally 
to Internet by a modem.

Lisbeth in Gothenburg
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