[Ham-Mac] spyware

[ham-mac@mailman.qth.net]

I wouldn't quite say that spyware is mostly hype.

I had a friend who's compute was invaded by a spyware app that was displaying 
ads that were, to say the least, disgusting on his machine, all due to a 
vulnerability in his web browser. Guess which company made the browser? :-)

The spyware would radio back and download more spyware to his machine until 
the machine was so clogged even the spyware wouldn't work. Once I ran Ad-Aware 
about five times it finally stopped... and this isn't the only case I've seen 
of huge amounts of spyware.

For the Mac you can use MacScan: http://macscan.securemac.com/ but don't be 
surprised if you don't find anything. As Chris said, spyware is very rare on 
the Mac. Also be warned that it's in beta and is slightly problematic.

73 de Michael KB3HFP


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