[mytoyota]

Around noon today I got a call from my bank asking about some charges on my CC. Most of them checked out as mine, but some didn't. Somehow someone got my CC # and everything to go with it. I think I got most of the problem sorted out. My question is what can I do to see if my computer has some sort of spyware or anything similar on it? Everybody lists software for PCs but it is much harder to find stuff for MACs. Right now I'm running 10.2.8. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks Eli

[SueG]

So sorry to hear of your troubles.
Does Secure Mac have any useful information?

[bracken]

There's no known spyware for Mac OS X.
If you're suspicious there is get Little Snitch and find out.
It's more likely that your information was floating around a gas station, grocery store, or some other place where you've made CC purchases.

[Nobody]

In reply to:

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There's no known spyware for Mac OS X.

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Listen to this guy and you'll find it eventually.
Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
Just like the WoMD that Iraq had and Syria now has courtesy of Saddam. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[petit_chou]

Which if you watched PBS, you find out that is suppect to unlikely at all that he had anything.... But, the US bombed them anyway, oops, oh well /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif, how horrible!

[JohnnyA]

Aladdin has some new software called Internet Cleanup 1.0. It includes NetBlockade and Spyalert. The latter checks your hard drive for several of the most common spyware applications. The former moniters what your Mac connects to. I also run Little Snitch. It has allowed me to deny permission for one spyware app to install itself. But it does not do anything about spyware already installed.
But I agree: your CC info was probably not taken from your computer via a spyware program.
BTW, MBNA America offers free software allowing you to create unique one-time-only CC numbers for use with online purchases. Of course, it does not work with OS X. But then, what does? /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Shane]

but dont forget all the waiters you give your card to when you go out and eat. Nothign stopping them when they go back to thier station to ring your bill to write your numbers down, OR the places that dont XXXXXXXx your numbers on the reciept and put the actual numbers on there so all can see.

[CrecenS]

When people get one credit card stolen (or just the number), chances are slim that they got it off your computer. Otherwise, they would likely have a lot more info. They probably got it off a receipt from anywhere you conducted business - left a receipt at a gas station? Restaurant? Been looking to buy a car?
The information people leave behind is amazing, and it it easy to get. Of course, someone could also be watching your internet traffic, if they really wanted to. Call the credit bureaus and warn them, in case someone has your identity.

[mytoyota]

I very rarely use the CC anywhere other than the internet. Every now and then I'll use it somewhere else but it is rare. Well thanks for all the help and incite. Eli

[CrecenS]

Remember, one info leaves your computer, it can be intercepted anywhere on the net. If you do not have an encrypted connection, anyone can see what you are sending, and on line retailer sites are often watched and snooped for cc activity.
My suggestion, have one cc with a low low limit for online purchases.