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MacScan Detects Spyware

Posted by pudge on from the thats-no-security-problem-thats-my-boss dept.

limpymac writes "MacScan public beta was announced to the public short minutes ago. MacScan will detect, isolate and remove spyware on the Macintosh. Currently it will detect trojan horses and keystroke loggers without a hitch. The application is for Mac OS and Mac OS X and is created by the folks at SecureMac.com. I found a keystroke recorder on my Macintosh I installed a year ago and forgot to remove; hah, I have a year's worth of logs!"

10 of 43 comments (clear)

  1. Ummm....spyware & Macintosh.... by Nipsy356 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Spyware...that's a Wintel thing isn't it?

  2. In other news... by psyconaut · · Score: 5, Funny

    Both CERT and SANS are warning of a new spyware package for MacOS [X] that masquerades as a spyware scanner! ;-)

    -psy

  3. Now all we need by mithras+the+prophet · · Score: 5, Funny

    is for someone to hurry up and port some spyware to the Mac, so this product will have something useful to do.

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  4. May I suggest... by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 5, Funny

    I found a keystroke recorder on my Macintosh I installed a year ago and forgot to remove; hah, I have a year's worth of logs!

    They may not actually be as interesting / immersive as the year of typing itself.

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  5. The Spy Who Loved Me by BibelBiber · · Score: 3, Funny

    Be nice to your friends and let them spy at you :-) Doesnt that make you feel special. Nobody would spy at ordinary people....

    1. Re:The Spy Who Loved Me by h0tblack · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nah, people setup blogs for that sorta self-gratification ;)
      (or should that read self-delusion)

  6. Looks interesting ... by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... now can I get the girl on the front page to come to my house and scan me while the software is scanning my computer?

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    1. Re:Looks interesting ... by sco08y · · Score: 1, Funny

      Hmm... try this: when you chat her up, don't say one fucking word about your computer. In fact, sell it for a down payment on a car.

      Just a thought.

  7. you trojaned your own computer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    you truely are a hacker!

  8. The last thing she ever heard by jcsehak · · Score: 4, Funny

    "NO!!! Don't mix the red and gree- *KABOOM!!!*

    "George, I told you to put that stuff away. What's that, the third model we've killed? Well, see if we at least snapped the photo in time."

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