[X4U] Re: Passwords in Keychains (Keylogger info)

[David Ledger]

>From: Linda <XPressoBean at mac.com>
>On 12/4/05 1:22 PM, David Ledger wrote:
>>  It would only make a difference if you have already been compromised
>>  with some keylogger or similar. If you have been (and no-one has
>>  found one for OS X yet) then you would have to fix that first - then
>>  it wouldn't matter.
>
>Spector will take snapshots that act as a keylogger.
><http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/Spector_Macintosh/index.html>
>
>Others identified by MacScan include:
>
>TextTrap, SuperSave, Peeping Tom, Mac Life Insurance, Invisible Oasis/Last
>Resort, KeyStroke Recorder, TypeSaver, TypeRecorder, Monitorer/Keystroke
>Recorder X, Keyboard Spy, and Keyboard and Mouse Recorder.
>
>I don't know whether all of these are alive and well for *all* flavors of OS
>X, but I wouldn't go so far as to say "no one has found one for OS X yet".

Are these all things that can get installed without your knowledge? 
Spector costs $100, so is unlikely to be an issue for the OP.

David


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