---- Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 3, 2008, at 9:09 AM, vsedriver wrote: > > > > > I came home the other day and found a couple of strange windows open > > on my desktop. One was for Netinfo. What is it? It had a lot of code > > in the window. Should I be concerned? > > > > Do you have a cat? Cat feet are especially adept at doing things to > computers :-)
no cat. :-) > If you're concerned that someone from the outside was manipulating > your computer, almost certainly not. Someone had to be sitting at the > computer to open that window up. good that's what I was concerned about. > Netinfo used to be the database that OS X kept a lot of system and > user-related settings in, there was an application called Netinfo > Manager that could be used to work with this. Your admin password > would be needed to work with it. It was the Netinfo Manager that was open. > This only applies to versions of OS X older than 10.5, maybe 10.4. I think I'm still running Panther. I've been meaning to upgrade but haven't gotten around to it yet. Linda in Ohio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
