I think another issue is the loose definition of 'spyware'. You could
argue that (PC) programs such as MacAfee's auto-updater is spyware; it
checks a remote site at regular intervals, checks the status of your
accounts, and it appropriate will download and install fresh versions
of its own datafile. OK, in that case it's benign (I hope...) but it
probably meets the definition of spyware. Or Skype, the VOIP program.
Tom Burke
On 19 Jul 2004, at 17:01, Small Moose Ltd wrote:
Ok, I found this site:
http://macscan.securemac.com/
That will have a spyware/trojan scanning program available soon.
Everything
else seems to be full of contradicting evidence, or drifts off into
remote
controlling programs that the user installs himself like DAVE. Then
there's
the thing about people having easily guessable passwords, and adware.
All of
which goes off the subject of talking about spyware.
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