[HM] Re: computer invasion

David Grant dgrant at iastate.edu
Mon Dec 12 12:05:13 PST 2005


I'm not aware of any malware that targets the MacOS. That's not to 
say that there isn't any but I can pretty confidently say that if one 
exists it hasn't been detected yet by anyone.

DG

>  It wasn't running anything. I just noticed that Explorer, QuickTime and
>  another application were open, and I don't remember opening them.
>
>  Jane
>
>>
>>  On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:10 PM, Jane Sprando wrote:
>>
>>>  How can you tell if your computer has been invaded or hacked into?
>>
>>  Is it running Windows?  That's a good first sign.
>>
>>  OS X has a firewall built in and defaults to on.  The likelihood of
>>  it having been invaded by an outsider is small.
>>
>>  Greater threat is someone who sits down in front of it and finds it w/
>   > o a password.


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