Im going through an ugly divorce with my husband.. and i feel that he has installed some sort of spyware or keylogger on my imac. I googled around and did the netstat -n thing.. and i found something that im uncomfortable with. Protemac daemon is listening etc etc what is daemon protemac? and what else should i look out for? im genuinely scared for my life.. help me pls. The police is unable to do anything until i can provide further evidences. Im currently seeking refuge at a friends house but he seems to always know where i am. Help me pls.
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Pls help me. Im scared, i think my mac is hacked
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Discuss your issue with the police, not an online forum. I do not buy your statement about the police "not being able to do anything."
For the record..daemon protemac is a DVD / Blu-Ray burning software App...I suspect you are trying to advertise this.
ok. i will take a screen shot of the log as i really dont know what im suppose to look out for..
what exactly am i trying to advertise here? i dont understand the suspicions. i googled protemac daemon and i get this impression that its some sort of network monitor? i dont see anything that indicates its a dvd burning app? i did go to the police and he is not allowed to be near me but he is an unusually aggressive man and his actions are dictated by his emotions. I just feel unsafe.
what exactly am i trying to advertise here? i dont understand the suspicions. i googled protemac daemon and i get this impression that its some sort of network monitor? i dont see anything that indicates its a dvd burning app? i did go to the police and he is not allowed to be near me but he is an unusually aggressive man and his actions are dictated by his emotions. I just feel unsafe.
if you are legit:
format and reinstall os x.
If you are a troll or advertiser:
Did you know that most people get digital movies now so the authoring software for the consumer will die out whether you advertise it or not.
It seems that ProteMac offers a Keystroke logger name KeyBag that remains invisible and logs all user inputs.
http://www.protemac.com/KeyBag/
http://www.protemac.com/KeyBag/
That is what I'm scared of.. How can i check? Seeing its designed to be invisible. I'm aware of what I need to do but before that I need to make sure as I plan to use it as evidences. Do u see my point here?
If you don't want to format the drive I suggest connecting an external hard drive and set up a fresh copy of Mac OS X on it that way you can still use your computer and retain the evidence. Make sure once you set up Mac OS X on the external drive to change all your passwords for every service.
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Check your applications folder and see if you have any of ProteMac software http://www.protemac.com/ But I doubt that it will be there.
Another thing that I think you should do is email the developers and tell them about your situation maybe they can tell you what software you have installed on it.
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Is it visible in Activity Monitor? Don't forget to select Show All Processes.
Or use Terminal and enter the following and get a list and location of all running processes:
Or use Terminal and enter the following and get a list and location of all running processes:
They have other apps like firewalls and the like so no not all ProteMac software are dangerous. However they offer a key logger as well.
http://www.protemac.com/
How can you prove he put it on there though. For all the court/police knows you could have installed it.
I doubt the process will appear in Activity Monitor with a name we can link to Protemac. This makes it difficult to spot as could be anywhere under any name.
Close all the applications, then open up the terminal and run:
PM me the result if you worry about your privacy (obviously I won't share it if you want, and no sensitive data is output anyway by lsof).
Also, you said you run netstat -n. Unfortunately there's no way I know to spot the process we're looking for (given it's running of course) with it.
Close all the applications, then open up the terminal and run:
PM me the result if you worry about your privacy (obviously I won't share it if you want, and no sensitive data is output anyway by lsof).
Also, you said you run netstat -n. Unfortunately there's no way I know to spot the process we're looking for (given it's running of course) with it.
Ok guys, ive did netstat -n, w, lsof -if and some screenshot. please tell me if theres something fishy going on.. im not all that literate with macs but im cautious enough to replaced my name with "edited". Thank guys..
