Have i been hacked OS X?

Question

Has my iMac been hacked?? I didnt think this was possible!! I use several freeware apps to maintain a pretty secure system. When i load firefox - finder opens. when im online new windows bounce up - but not pop ups , my bookmarked pages. Then the sound is up down left right grrr i feel like i have no control. Ran extened virus scans. nothing come up. New apps open randomly and close just as frequently. these shows last in 5 min outbursts then every thing is fine. i have had approx 7 outbursts in 3 hours?? Please help!

Answer 1

there are apps that let someone control your mac. that's spyware in my book, but it's not viral. someone has to install it.



I've seen jumping and sounds.... it was caused by a broken keyboard! I removed the keyboard and it went away.



Do you recognize the sounds? Is it your normal beep?



UPDATE: if it stops when you disconnect the mouse and keyboard... that's it... if not, it's more insidious!







Does it all go away when you quit the browsers???

Answer 2

It is a myth that Apple wants you to believe that OS X can not be hacked. It can especially if you download and run a program you can't trust.



The only real reason OS X does not have as much trouble as Windows in this area is because there are less OS X machines. If someone is going to try write a virus it just makes sense to attact 95% of the market if they want to hear about the great impact they have had.



Now that it has happened to you it will be interesting to see what all the die hard Apple fans tell you to fix it.



To "live long Mac user". Yeah I'm a genious, but it certainly wouldn't take even my skill level to pull it off if you run a program that you can't trust. What do you think programs are? Nothing more then instructions that do things, and the best an OS can do is limit it to things you might be able to do. If you run it as root (administrator) it can basically do anything. If you run it as a user with less rights, it can still do anything you can do.

Answer 3

The iPad merely about really runs a version of the os on the iPod contact and the iPhone, it really is, itself, a version of OS X. besides the indisputable fact that, those variations are compiled for ARM, which, even as not shown so a thoughts as i comprehend, the iPad merely about really makes use of. So, in short, the iPad already runs a decrease down version of OS X, yet will probable under no circumstances run the completed version of OS X by using very shown reality that the present finished version of OS X, Snow Leopard, runs only on Intel x86 processors. the previous version, Leopard, ran on both Intel x86 and PowerPC processors. finished OS X hasn't ever been ported to ARM.

Answer 4

Really, Macs are secure. I've never heard of anything like this happening to a Mac. Either you're just a PC fanboy trying to spread a little FUD or you've done something entirely crazy to your Mac.



Really, the only way for this kind of activity to happen is to allow someone to have physical access to your machine, along with your password.

Answer 5

check your settings, you may have just pushed a command option and not realized it. Whoever could hack into OS X would have to be the worlds biggest genious.

Also, check to make sure you don't have your bookmarked pages set to alert you when updates have been made.

Then download Safari, it's better than firefox.