Re: Culling Names

Hey --I'm just trying to help.   I had no idea you were on a MAC or
otherwise.

In any case, you are deluding yourself if you think MACs are immune to
spyware.  It is NOT solely a PC-related issue, though the bulk of spyware
out there is PC-specific.  You are incorrect in assuming that just because
you can't see the program running, it isn't, even on a MAC.

Who could have done that to your machine?  Well, you, albeit unwittingly.
Spyware comes packaged with unrelated software you may have downloaded and
installed for other purposes.

In the interest of helping others, I submit to you this link:

http://www.macintouch.com/spyware.html



----- Original Message -----
From: <cbirds(at)earthlink.net>
To: "Mike Taylor" <lonewolf(at)one.net>; "HWG" <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: Culling Names


> Mike Taylor hunted and pecked out this message on 4/18/2002 11:12 AM
>
> >Also, it is possible that it's not actually the webmaster of the horse
site
> >that is grabbing your email, but some form of "spyware" that may have
been
> >secretly installed on your computer and is running in the background.
You'd
> >be amazed how much of this is out there.
>
> Mike you have me laughing on this one. Who ever was in here that could
> have done that? Macs can't have apps installed and running on them
> remotely without your knowing it, at least the secure NON-X versions of
> the operating system which are the only versions I use..I can see all the
> stuff that is running quite easily. They just don't make stuff like that
> for Macs, which is why I use them exclusively.
>
> >A great program I've found that searches your registry for "questionable"
> >programs that may be spyware is "Ad-Aware."
> >
> >This software is available at:
> >http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
>
> Don't have a "registry". Everything I have is plain English and right up
> front. Again, which is why I use a Mac.
>
>

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