On 4 Nov 2019, at 17:22, Michael Newman via macports-users wrote:
The only solution offered by the developer of DetectX was to tell
DetectX to ignore changes to macports plist files.
That seems to defeat the purpose of DetectX.
DetectX is supposed to warn you of possible nefarious changes to
The only solution offered by the developer of DetectX was to tell DetectX to
ignore changes to macports plist files.
That seems to defeat the purpose of DetectX.
DetectX is supposed to warn you of possible nefarious changes to your system.
Choosing to ignore a possible problem is no
On 3 Nov 2019, at 5:46, Michael Newman via macports-users wrote:
Perhaps this is a bug in DetectX,
It very much sounds like that. Stating that a file which no longer
exists has "changed" might be technically correct, but it certainly is
not clear. Perhaps the developer of DetectX can
I have uninstalled the port, but DetectX keeps telling me that the plist has
been changed. If it only happened once when I still had the port installed I’d
say, yeah, problem solved. But when the plist keeps getting changed after the
port has been uninstalled I have to wonder what’s happening.
I'm not sure what solution you are seeking here. DetectX will record each and
every time a key file is added or removed to/from selected locations, which
includes all LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons, Applications and a few other places
where malware is often installed. When you see such a notice,
On Nov 3, 2019, at 04:19, Michael Newman wrote:
> Locate did not find this plist on the boot volume. It did find it in a Carbon
> Copy Cloner SafetyNet directory on a backup drive.
>
> MrMuscle:home mnewman$ locate org.macports.postgresql83-server.plist
> /Volumes/Clorox2/_CCC
Thank you.
Locate did not find this plist on the boot volume. It did find it in a Carbon
Copy Cloner SafetyNet directory on a backup drive.
MrMuscle:home mnewman$ locate org.macports.postgresql83-server.plist
/Volumes/Clorox2/_CCC SafetyNet/2019-10-30 (October 30)
On Nov 3, 2019, at 02:10, Michael Newman wrote:
> Periodically DetectX generates the following message:
>
> =
> Items: org.macports.postgresql83-server.plist
> Some background launch items have just been changed on your mac which can
> affect its security
> =
>
> I had previously
