Re: [tlug] How to detect unwelcome visitors on my macbook?

[Ulrike Schmidt <ulrike@example.com>]

Am 06.09.11 12:43, schrieb Raymond Wan:
> If someone was trying to do harm to your computer, s/he would do
> something undetectable through normal usage.  If someone was moving
> your mouse and it wasn't a hardware glitch, it would probably be meant
> as a practical joke...you should probably think back to April Fool's
> Day and see who in your office you did something mean to.  :-)
There is nobody in my office, I am working from home. But that was my 
first thought also.
> As for your Subject (and not your actual problem)
Hopefully it is not my actual problem. But I would like to know for sure.
> there are various
> tools for detecting intruders.  I don't know what's available for Mac
> and I'm only just learning them myself for Linux.  I installed
> rkhunter [1] recently and have since been getting daily reports of
> "nothing wrong" -- that's good, I guess.  :-)  Seems there are other
> programs available; but I don't know what is good or what is overkill
> for a personal machine (i.e., not normally connected to the Net).
Usually I am connected to the net the whole day with this machine.
> Ray
>
> [1]  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rkhunter for a one-paragraph summary
Thanks a lot, I will have a look at that one.

Uli