[X-SW] OSX Spyware Detector?

Tim Gaden tim at hawkwings.net
Wed Nov 30 20:21:26 PST 2005


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/




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