At 3:21 AM +0100 on 3/13/03, Peter Heinemann wittily wrote:
>Hm, I have next to null knowledge about Spyware and keystroke loggers on the >Mac, can those 2 or 3 existing keystroke loggers be download without being >noticed by the user or hide in other software? > >See, I want to start doing home-banking in the next days and I want to make >sure that I am safe from pieces of data that hide on my harddisk and evade >the 128bit password encryption by logging the passwords before they are >encrypted. > >Is Spyware generally not a problem on Macs? Are there good apps to find and >erase the few Spyware apps on the Mac? > >-Peter > the key stroke loggers that do exist have a provision to exclude passwords for one thing and those key stoke loggers don't send the info that they collect any where any way, they are just so that you can recover info lost in case you didn't save it properly. I don't think PPC Macs have any spywhere either, you might want to watch for HTML mail with web bugs though. :-} -- The Librarian looked out at the jolting scenery. He was sulking. This had a lot to do with the new bright collar around his neck with the word "PONGO" on it. Someone was going to suffer for this. ~ The Librarian travels incognito ~ Terry Pratchett: "Lords and Ladies" -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
