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| I seem to have picked up some kind of malware... Upon starting tonight, I got a message from LittleSnitch that I hadn't before: that "application DockInseminator" was trying to inject and execute code in my Dock. Using Spotlight to find it didn't help. It didn't find anything under DockInseminator, Dock Inseminator, or Inseminator. Nothing showed up. Apparently I have a well-hidden little hack in my system. How can I find it, and how can I delete it?      |
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| Re: I seem to have picked up some kind of malware... On Sep 23, 2006, DexterSinister wrote: > Upon starting tonight, I got a message from LittleSnitch that I hadn't > before: that "application DockInseminator" was trying to inject and > execute code in my Dock. Using Spotlight to find it didn't help. It > didn't find anything under DockInseminator, Dock Inseminator, or > Inseminator. Nothing showed up. Apparently I have a well-hidden little > hack in my system. How can I find it, and how can I delete it? Sounds like you're using DockFun!. Be aware the developer has not been particularly responsive to queries on security measures. |
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| Re: I seem to have picked up some kind of malware... On Sep 23, 2006, DexterSinister wrote: > Upon starting tonight, I got a message from LittleSnitch that I hadn't > before: that "application DockInseminator" was trying to inject and > execute code in my Dock. Using Spotlight to find it didn't help. It > didn't find anything under DockInseminator, Dock Inseminator, or > Inseminator. Nothing showed up. Apparently I have a well-hidden little > hack in my system. How can I find it, and how can I delete it? Sounds like you're using DockFun!. Be aware the developer has not been particularly responsive to queries on security measures. |
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02-06-2007, 07:19 PM
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| Re: I seem to have picked up some kind of malware... In article <0001HW.C13AE90D0043AE5FF0203648@newsgroups.bellso uth.net>, Tim Murray <no-spam@thankyou.com> wrote: > > Sounds like you're using DockFun!. Be aware the developer has not been > particularly responsive to queries on security measures. StickyWindows, actually! I just discovered this when I noticed it wasn't working right anymore so I quit it and restarted it. I got the notice about DockInseminator again. That has to be it, then. I have also noticed that it tries to phone home every once in a while. What kind of security questions have come up? Is there any chance that DockFun and StickyWindows are secretly malware? |
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02-06-2007, 07:19 PM
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| Re: I seem to have picked up some kind of malware... On Sep 23, 2006, DexterSinister wrote: > In article <0001HW.C13AE90D0043AE5FF0203648@newsgroups.bellso uth.net>, > Tim Murray <no-spam@thankyou.com> wrote: > >> >> Sounds like you're using DockFun!. Be aware the developer has not been >> particularly responsive to queries on security measures. > > StickyWindows, actually! I just discovered this when I noticed it wasn't > working right anymore so I quit it and restarted it. I got the notice > about DockInseminator again. That has to be it, then. I have also > noticed that it tries to phone home every once in a while. What kind of > security questions have come up? Is there any chance that DockFun and > StickyWindows are secretly malware? Seems like I read something about how users are "concerned" that the PID changes, something like that. Just Google around for "DockFun DocInseminator" and so on. |
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| Re: I seem to have picked up some kind of malware... In article <0001HW.C13AE90D0043AE5FF0203648@newsgroups.bellso uth.net>, Tim Murray <no-spam@thankyou.com> wrote: > > Sounds like you're using DockFun!. Be aware the developer has not been > particularly responsive to queries on security measures. StickyWindows, actually! I just discovered this when I noticed it wasn't working right anymore so I quit it and restarted it. I got the notice about DockInseminator again. That has to be it, then. I have also noticed that it tries to phone home every once in a while. What kind of security questions have come up? Is there any chance that DockFun and StickyWindows are secretly malware? |
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| Re: I seem to have picked up some kind of malware... On Sep 23, 2006, DexterSinister wrote: > In article <0001HW.C13AE90D0043AE5FF0203648@newsgroups.bellso uth.net>, > Tim Murray <no-spam@thankyou.com> wrote: > >> >> Sounds like you're using DockFun!. Be aware the developer has not been >> particularly responsive to queries on security measures. > > StickyWindows, actually! I just discovered this when I noticed it wasn't > working right anymore so I quit it and restarted it. I got the notice > about DockInseminator again. That has to be it, then. I have also > noticed that it tries to phone home every once in a while. What kind of > security questions have come up? Is there any chance that DockFun and > StickyWindows are secretly malware? Seems like I read something about how users are "concerned" that the PID changes, something like that. Just Google around for "DockFun DocInseminator" and so on. |
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