Torrent Safety (FacebookSync 2.0)

[dandaman2]

I lost my iPhone numbers when MobileMe expired (they're on my computer address book, but I'm taking this as an opportunity too... do something else) so I was hoping to get something going on where my facebook contact information will sync down w/o having to manually enter stuff or bother my friends for it. I found out about FacebookSync as an option, but that I need 2.0 or lesser or mobile numbers and emails are disabled. I have found the old version on several torrent sites, but how can I trust these aren't viruses or trojans? The app, not being available by the developer, is in high demand and I imagine it would be a good trap. I don't generally steal stuff out of convenience, so I don't really know what to look for to ensure the download is legit. Any tips?

*I saw some other posts where individual users posted downloads, but these all expired.

[Jethryn Freyman]

I lost my iPhone numbers when MobileMe expired (they're on my computer address book, but I'm taking this as an opportunity too... do something else) so I was hoping to get something going on where my facebook contact information will sync down w/o having to manually enter stuff or bother my friends for it. I found out about FacebookSync as an option, but that I need 2.0 or lesser or mobile numbers and emails are disabled. I have found the old version on several torrent sites, but how can I trust these aren't viruses or trojans? The app, not being available by the developer, is in high demand and I imagine it would be a good trap. I don't generally steal stuff out of convenience, so I don't really know what to look for to ensure the download is legit. Any tips?

*I saw some other posts where individual users posted downloads, but these all expired.

You can download a Quick Look plugin called "Suspicious Package". You can use it to quick look installer packages to see what exactly the install, and where.

You can also right click on installer packages and applications and go to "Show Package Contents". This will show you what is inside.

Little Snitch is a good way to detect apps (or trojans) phoning home. You can look at the processes in Activity Monitor to see if anything is suspcious, and can look at all currently open files with the terminal command "ps -ax".

The easiest solution would be to run a scan of the downloaded app with iAntiVirus (free.)

[dandaman2]

So, I ran it through iAntiVirus but it was still a .torrent. do you know if this will make a difference?

[Jethryn Freyman]

So, I ran it through iAntiVirus but it was still a .torrent. do you know if this will make a difference?

You have to scan the downloaded file.

A .torrent is just a fancy text file.

[dandaman2]

Thank you. I ended up downloading Transmission to get the file based on iusethis numbers; the torrent file was originally from The Pirate Bay. iAntiVirus said it was clean. Thanks again for your help.