Dovecot?

generik

macrumors 601

Original poster

• Apr 25, 2006

• #1

I suddenly found a new user account in my machine with user id "Dovecot".

It's set up as a limited user though, but I know for certain that I didn't set this one up... was it an account that came standard with each MacOS installation?

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Apr 25, 2006

• #2

Did you find it in Activity Monitor? Dovecot is an open source email server.

 

generik

macrumors 601

Original poster

• Apr 25, 2006

• #3

Nope, I found the account when viewing Accounts under System Preferences.

Hmmm... I don't remember installing this Dovecott thing either... 😕

 

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dr_lha

macrumors 68000

• Apr 25, 2006

• #4

Before I tell you that you have been hacked (its possible), you should check the software packages you recently installed, as even though you may not have installed this "dovecot" you may have installed some software that created the user.

If not, you've probably been hacked. 🙁