Thanks for this post Lynne, I've been looking for something like this. You're quite correct that Google, (and many others) put these things all over machines for the purposes of providing selective location-based advertising etc. Indeed, all kinds of rumours suggest Apple are not above doing this themselves.
Dónal On 6 Sep 2011, at 08:32, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > Is anybody else using this security tool I wonder? If not and you're > concerned with your systems' overall security, you might want to give it a > go. No; I'm not bringing back the age-old subject of viruses! Whilst I'm sure > they exist for OSX I haven't ever encountered one and nor, as far as I know, > has anybody else I have discussed that with. So while I'm not arrogant enough > to assume my security from such things is absolute, I'm not about to waste > more money lining the pockets of people who, according to some, produce the > virus applications themselves in order to start a panic so that people will > then buy the antivirus applications produced by the same people. At the very > least I think it's possible that they start the rumours and scaremongering. > > Actually, I'm talking about the detection of spyware, tracking cookies and > other such malware. I'm given to understand that even people like Google use > tracking cookies in order to keep tabs on your browsing activities. Whilst > that maybe entirely benign, I can't deny that it does concern me; > particularly since our client computers (all Macs) are used for things like > online banking and other similar transactions. > > MacScan 2.01 seemingly has more capabilities than any other security tool I > personally have tried for detecting such things as might pose a threat to the > user's data integrity. I tried running a full scan on it yesterday evening > and left it running on our MacBook overnight just to see what it came up > with. The results were quite interesting. It would seem that Google isn't the > only supposedly reputable company now employing tracking cookies, (if, > indeed, you can call Google "reputable"). > > Anybody feel like giving this a try, you can find it at > <http://macscan.securemac.com> Oh, and have a look around the main site; it's > quite interesting. <http://www.securemac.com> > > Lynne > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Dónal Fitzpatrick [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
