Matt_C
Distinguished Member
Just before 1am, my gmail was hijacked and a flood of emails sent to every address in my account; and since it's Google, it was also sent to every email address I've ever emailed or been emailed from! So a couple thousand emails in under 3mins - which was how long it took me to get out of bed, downstairs, turn on computer, log into gmail and shut down all services till I could find out what was happening. Google gmail activity reported an IP in China was responsible, and strangely it had activity on my account at 20:38 and 00:53. 00:53 being the time the mails were sent, but I don't know what it was doing at 20:38??
Anyway, I'm sure it's just a hijacking, and hopefully now it's resolved by locking them out and changing my password.
However, is there anything I can use to scan my MBP for anything that shouldn't be there? I know Mac's aren't supposed to get virus' or trojans etc, but I'd rather be safe. (even tho I suspect it has nothing to do with my actual computer, since my gmail is web based, not local mail as if I were using Outlook or Mail)
I know on PC's I could use a variety of scanning tools - AVG, AdAware, SpyBot, Trend Micro, etc etc.
Whats good to use on Mac?
Anyway, I'm sure it's just a hijacking, and hopefully now it's resolved by locking them out and changing my password.
However, is there anything I can use to scan my MBP for anything that shouldn't be there? I know Mac's aren't supposed to get virus' or trojans etc, but I'd rather be safe. (even tho I suspect it has nothing to do with my actual computer, since my gmail is web based, not local mail as if I were using Outlook or Mail)
I know on PC's I could use a variety of scanning tools - AVG, AdAware, SpyBot, Trend Micro, etc etc.
Whats good to use on Mac?