From rad at inductionconcepts.com Tue Nov 15 19:15:22 2005 From: rad at inductionconcepts.com (Rad Craig) Date: Tue Nov 15 19:15:28 2005 Subject: [X-SW] OSX Spyware Detector? Message-ID: <4A50085A-F737-41A1-99D5-A825E7E77B94@inductionconcepts.com> Is there any software for OSX that can detect or find out if anyone has installed a keylogger or other spyware/monitoring software on my computer? Or is there a better way to detect it or be alerted if its attempted? Rad... From wilann at telusplanet.net Tue Nov 15 19:20:37 2005 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Tue Nov 15 19:20:45 2005 Subject: [X-SW] OSX Spyware Detector? In-Reply-To: <4A50085A-F737-41A1-99D5-A825E7E77B94@inductionconcepts.com> References: <4A50085A-F737-41A1-99D5-A825E7E77B94@inductionconcepts.com> Message-ID: <9582C554-ECAB-489F-BB3E-7F2768367728@telusplanet.net> Well, given that there is nothing for the Mac that can be installed without your express permission, that is you MUST enter your administrator password to install anything, unless you installed it, there's no point searching for it. Windows is a whole different ball game. The OS is FULL of holes. On 15-Nov-05, at 20:15 , Rad Craig wrote: > Is there any software for OSX that can detect or find out if anyone > has installed a keylogger or other spyware/monitoring software on > my computer? Or is there a better way to detect it or be alerted > if its attempted? From rad at inductionconcepts.com Sat Nov 19 19:58:20 2005 From: rad at inductionconcepts.com (Rad Craig) Date: Sat Nov 19 19:58:23 2005 Subject: [X-SW] embedded video in pdf, broken Message-ID: <38D06763-AA9E-400B-9490-FFFE251B84D2@inductionconcepts.com> I have a .pdf file that has a video in it. It appears to be broken, there is a button to click on so that it will play, but the rest of the page is blank, except for a small symbol that looks like a java icon kinda. Similar to the Sync icon in OSX (circular arrow). Clicking on the button does nothing. So my question is maybe its a link to a video instead of an embedded video? Is there a way to take the pdf file apart or some other way to get the filename or URL of this video? From list at rmdesign.com Wed Nov 30 18:38:34 2005 From: list at rmdesign.com (Robert McGonegal) Date: Wed Nov 30 18:38:43 2005 Subject: [X-SW] OSX Spyware Detector? In-Reply-To: <4A50085A-F737-41A1-99D5-A825E7E77B94@inductionconcepts.com> References: <4A50085A-F737-41A1-99D5-A825E7E77B94@inductionconcepts.com> Message-ID: On 15-Nov-05, at 10:15 PM, Rad Craig wrote: > Is there any software for OSX that can detect or find out if anyone > has installed a keylogger or other spyware/monitoring software on > my computer? Or is there a better way to detect it or be alerted > if its attempted? I don't know how a key logger or spyware works but I assume they would have to be hidden as a trojan within some innocent program in order to get you to install them. You might want to look at Little Snitch which is a reverse firewall. It will let you know when any program tries to send information via the net. And Checkmate generates checksums for various key programs to compare to and make certain they don't get altered. hth Robert McGonegal From tim at hawkwings.net Wed Nov 30 20:21:26 2005 From: tim at hawkwings.net (Tim Gaden) Date: Wed Nov 30 20:21:38 2005 Subject: [X-SW] OSX Spyware Detector? In-Reply-To: References: <4A50085A-F737-41A1-99D5-A825E7E77B94@inductionconcepts.com> Message-ID: On 01/12/2005, at 1:38 PM, Robert McGonegal wrote: > On 15-Nov-05, at 10:15 PM, Rad Craig wrote: > >> Is there any software for OSX that can detect or find out if >> anyone has installed a keylogger or other spyware/monitoring >> software on my computer? Or is there a better way to detect it or >> be alerted if its attempted? > > I don't know how a key logger or spyware works but I assume they > would have to be hidden as a trojan within some innocent program in > order to get you to install them. You might want to look at Little > Snitch which is a reverse firewall. It will let you know when any > program tries to send information via the net. And Checkmate > generates checksums for various key programs to compare to and make > certain they don't get altered. hth > There is this: http://www.timgaden.com/hawkwings/2005/11/09/macscan-pointless-and- popular/