Una de las ventajas de ser un usuario del Mac es ésa generalmente usted no tiene que preocuparse de spyware, de malware y de virus absolutamente tanto como un usuario de Windows. De hecho, hasta que funcioné a través MacScan, Honesto incluso no sabía que había un explorador del spyware para OS X. El pozo que resulta allí es - así que di un funcionamiento. La clase particular siguiente le dirigirá con usar MacScan para comprobar su Mac para saber si hay el spyware, el malware, siguiendo las galletas etc.
Ampliar un pedacito en mi introducción - primero, y más importante - allí sea ventajas a ser un usuario del OS X/Mac. Hay ventajas a ser un usuario de Windows, y ventajas a ser un usuario de Linux. Soy un believer firme que el “mejor” sistema operativo es el para el cual trabaja lo más mejor posible usted. Ese los Macs son generalmente menos de una blanco cuando viene al spyware y el malware es una de sus ventajas. Tan - hágale realmente uniforme necesidad ¿un explorador del spyware si usted está utilizando un Mac? Conjeturo que depende de su situación. Si su Mac se utiliza en un ambiente de la producción del negocio, usted tiene archivos increíblemente privados, o usted apenas desea reclinarse sabiendo que su Mac es tan seguro como usted puede hacerlo - entonces seguro, vale el colocar de $29.99 (los USD) para MacScan. La prima grande es que hay (casi) una versión parcial de programa completamente funcional disponible, así que usted puede darle un intento antes de que usted compre. Con todo el eso dicha - aquí es cómo comprobar su Mac para saber si hay malos potenciales que usan MacScan.
- Transferencia directa MacScan, la versión parcial de programa. La instalación de MacScan es una brisa - usted chascará después algunas veces, y eso es él. Después de que haya instalado, localícelo en su Usos carpeta. Doble-tecleo MacScan uso para lanzarlo.
- Enseguida le preguntarán si usted quisiera que MacScan funcionara en modo authenticado. Tecleo Sí.
- E incorpore su contraseña cuando está incitado.
- Si usted está utilizando la versión parcial de programa, el tiempo le recordará ahora ese hecho. Observe las limitaciones del versión-modo (ningunas exploraciones del costumbre, ningunos CDes de la exploración, DVDs o impulsiones duras externas). Tecleo Versión parcial de programa para continuar.
- Finally, the main MacScan interface.
- Click the Scan button. The screen offering different types of scans will open. Review the info on the Quick Scan page. Essentially, it will scan your home folder, and that’s it. Select the Full Scan tab.
- As its name indicates, full scan will scan your entire hard drive. And now click Custom Scan. Click the Info button on the top menu.
- Custom scan allows you to specify which folders are scanned. Since we’re using the Demo version of MacScan, this feature is disabled.
- From here you can review and get some basic info on the various types of spyware that MacScan will detect. Select an item from the drop down list, and its description will appear in the main menu. When you’re done reviewing, click the Prefs button in the upper-right corner of the top menu.
- Place a check in the box labeled Detect remote administration programs. Note: this is disabled by default, because there are a number of legitimate applications that MacScan might pick up on and notify you of. You won’t necessarily want to delete or disable these, as they may in fact be running intentionally. Click OK to continue.
- Again click the Scan button, and select Full Scan. Click Scan
Now sit back and wait. And wait. In fact, go grab a coffee, cause this will take a while. My MacBook Pro has 850,000 files (give or take) and it took about 20 minutes for a full scan to complete.
- In the end, it found 21 tracking cookies. As I mentioned earlier, Macs have a great history of being relatively spyware free (certainly vs. Windows). I’ve downloaded freeware, shareware, software in development etc - from all across the Internet. I’ve jailbroken my iPod Touch using every possible method. And MacScan returned nothing but tracking cookies (which are certainly annoying, but far less harmful than a trojan horse or resource hogging spyware/malware).
- Select an item from the list, and its description will be displayed in the lower window. Click the Isolate button to remove the items MacScan finds. Note: again - be sure that MacScan didn’t find a legitimate remote administration program - if it did, unselect it before you click Isolate so it’s not accidentally deleted.
- MacScan will now confirm that you really do in fact want to delete the items it found. Click Yes to do so.
- Now click Done to return to the main menu.
- MacScan provides a nice little report of its history (last time a scan was run, number of items found etc). That’s it - you’re done! Now you may want to scan your Mac for viruses.
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Knowing security is important. Most people are blinded by the word ’security + mac’ your current security program probably is not secure the way it should be.
What I would like to see for Mac is some ‘free’ scanners. Granted MacScan is the only scanner (apparently) for Mac and as such they are in a unique market position, but why do I need to pay for something which I can get free on another OS? The whole “oh its on mac so therefor worth the money” argument is in getting old.
I just downloaded the latest demo of Macscan and noticed that they don’t offer to clear your history or cookies (web files) anymore. Any word on that?
Yeah, I saw that MacScan doesn’t permit actual *removal* of the offending “spyware” - not even allowed to *see* what that is - not very helpful in terms of a demo then is it? I’ve read in a few places now that while MacScan is the only software available to scan your mac it really does jack**** - I’m not about to shell out 30.00 to prevent cookies being present on my machine.
Grade B-, needs improvement
Very nice write up. Thanks for the guide! When I saw MacScan I wasn’t too sure about it but thanks to your blog in combination with other blogs that I have read about MacScan, I decided to give it a try.
Cheers
Exx
I’ve been searching for any documented accounts of macintosh spyware infestations. Can’t seem to find any, nor any virus accounts either. All I can find is Macro viruses, courtesy of Microsoft, which only impact files created by Microsoft products. I think we all need to go worry about something else now.
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