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asmeggison

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Feb 11, 2014
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I think my credit card details have been compromised. I've contacted the bank and fixed things at that end, now I need to know it wasn't because of my computer system. I've got details from my mac but don't know how to interpret:
Sue:~ suemeggison$ dscl . list /users
_amavisd
_appowner
_appserver
_ard
_atsserver
_avbdeviced
_calendar
_ces
_clamav
_coreaudiod
_cvmsroot
_cvs
_cyrus
_devdocs
_devicemgr
_dovecot
_dovenull
_dpaudio
_eppc
_ftp
_installassistant
_installer
_jabber
_kadmin_admin
_kadmin_changepw
_krb_anonymous
_krb_changepw
_krb_kadmin
_krb_kerberos
_krb_krbtgt
_krbtgt
_lda
_locationd
_lp
_mailman
_mcxalr
_mdnsresponder
_mysql
_netbios
_netstatistics
_networkd
_pcastagent
_pcastlibrary
_pcastserver
_postfix
_postgres
_qtss
_sandbox
_screensaver
_scsd
_securityagent
_serialnumberd
_softwareupdate
_spotlight
_sshd
_svn
_taskgated
_teamsserver
_timezone
_tokend
_trustevaluationagent
_unknown
_update_sharing
_usbmuxd
_uucp
_warmd
_webauthserver
_windowserver
_www
_xgridagent
_xgridcontroller
daemon
l*
nobody
root
*meggison


*meggison is me, and l* is my son, but I don't know the one above him and the two inbetween - could these be hackers?

I have now locked down any incoming permissions via the firewall as well.

Thanks in advance!!!
 
Nobody and Root? It's highly unlikely they are the culprits but if you haven't already checked your accounts there might be something there that's not a hack....I've seen OSX create permissions like that before, so running a permissions check via Disk Utility might reveal something, but I doubt that the compromise has come from your Mac.
 
I think my credit card details have been compromised. I've contacted the bank and fixed things at that end, now I need to know it wasn't because of my computer system. I've got details from my mac but don't know how to interpret:
Sue:~ suemeggison$ dscl . list /users
daemon
l*
nobody
root
*meggison


*meggison is me, and l* is my son, but I don't know the one above him and the two inbetween - could these be hackers?
No, your Mac has not been hacked. Of all the claims I've seen in this forum and elswehere over the past 6 years that "My Mac was hacked!", not a single one ever was.

Your financial information can be compromised in a myriad of ways, whether you own a computer or not. It has nothing to do with your Mac.

"root" and "nobody" are users created by OS X to perform specific functions. They do not represent people, and they are part of the normal operation of your Mac.
 
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