Applespider said:
Really? On my old PC I'd run Adaware et al to check for spyware/loggers etc. How would I check for a key logger on my Mac?
Well, I'm not going to tell you the name of it for obvious reasons.
But there is only one program that I know of.
To check and see if you have it, open Activity Monitor, and search for a process with the name 'active' 'key' or 'logger.'
There is an
extremely low chance of you having this program, because to use the program, a physical person has to sit down at the computer and install it. This program also does not report back to a 'host computer' or what ever you want to call it, the pressed keys are stored in a text file. You cannot get access to this file unless you physically sit down at the computer and open the text yourself; so it is also highly unlickly that that someone is monitoring it remotly. (of course they could aslo use FTP or SSH, but to do that they need to know your IP and your admin password).
But I still caution you that it
is possible that a family member, friend, room mate, or anyone that has physical access to the computer to install it without you knowing (but you can still check it via the Activity Monitor).
And if I remember correctly, 10.2 doesn't have an Activity Monitor, so just open up the terminal the type:
To quit a process via the terminal, you need to type this:
After you use top to find the process ID (located in the left most column) replace {process ID} with the number like: 2358
Trust me, you really don't have anything to worry about.
