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Re: Finding background "malware"

From Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: Finding background "malware"
Date 2018-06-17 18:16 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
Message-ID <slrnpid9cb.h6r.g.kreme@jaka.lan> (permalink)
References <pfruhi$9f5$1@panix2.panix.com>

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In message <pfruhi$9f5$1@panix2.panix.com> Brian Gordon <briang@panix.com> wrote:
> A repair shop I haven't used before fixed an overheting problem.  However, they
> pressed hard for another $85 to clean up "all the malware" running on my system
> that was contributing to the problem.

Don't go there again.

> I periodically run some malware detectors, but they are looking at files, not
> processes. Is there something I can run to detact these "problems"?

What problems?

-- 
Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's law: Any technology distinguishable from
magic is insufficiently advanced.

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Finding background "malware" briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2018-06-13 16:24 -0400
  Re: Finding background "malware" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-06-13 16:35 -0400
    Re: Finding background "malware" RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2018-06-13 21:49 +0100
      Re: Finding background "malware" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-06-13 16:52 -0400
  Re: Finding background "malware" Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-06-14 00:53 +0000
    Re: Finding background "malware" briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2018-06-14 02:04 +0000
      Re: Finding background "malware" Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-06-14 02:29 +0000
  Re: Finding background "malware" Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-06-17 18:16 +0000
    Re: Finding background "malware" gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2018-06-17 13:45 -0700

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