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I know that few if any here recommend using anti virus programs and I understand why you say that, but please understand that I had an experience on a Windows computer which traumatized me quite a lot, even to this day and it happened in 2009.
I have ClamXav, iAntivirus, and the demo of Macscan installed with a little more than 2 weeks left on it.
Early this morning I updated ClamXav, but it gave me a message which while I won't say is horrible is a bit strange and worrying to me. The message from what I understand means the definitions are up to date but the scan engine is not yet (supposedly an update will be released).
I am worried however, and I don't have proof of this because I wouldn't know how to prove it, that the website which stores the ClamXav definitions could have been hacked and instead of downloading the definitions I could have downloaded a trojan or keylogger. I have no proof of this, but for some reason I'm worried, I guess because of stuff in the ClamXav update log.
And then something worried me with Macscan. There is this blue and white bar which runs across the screen while doing a scan with Macscan. When I went to run Macscan this bar sat still while the scan was going. After I restarted the program and ran a scan the bar was moving. I did notice that while this was running though the number of processes running had gone up by a few. I was either running 39 or 41 processes during the scan where the bar wouldn't move, but during the scan where the bar did move it said I was running 43 processes. Why didn't the bar move the first time and why would the number of processes go up like that?
I haven't illegally downloaded pirated software, I don't go to porn or crack websites, and I haven't let anyone use my computer since reformatting (unless God forbid a hacker got me). But I am still worried by these events. I don't know if there is anything wrong or if there's a way to tell if something is wrong. I'm terrified, and I beg anyone who reads this for advice, input, words of wisdom, etc.
I have ClamXav, iAntivirus, and the demo of Macscan installed with a little more than 2 weeks left on it.
Early this morning I updated ClamXav, but it gave me a message which while I won't say is horrible is a bit strange and worrying to me. The message from what I understand means the definitions are up to date but the scan engine is not yet (supposedly an update will be released).
I am worried however, and I don't have proof of this because I wouldn't know how to prove it, that the website which stores the ClamXav definitions could have been hacked and instead of downloading the definitions I could have downloaded a trojan or keylogger. I have no proof of this, but for some reason I'm worried, I guess because of stuff in the ClamXav update log.
And then something worried me with Macscan. There is this blue and white bar which runs across the screen while doing a scan with Macscan. When I went to run Macscan this bar sat still while the scan was going. After I restarted the program and ran a scan the bar was moving. I did notice that while this was running though the number of processes running had gone up by a few. I was either running 39 or 41 processes during the scan where the bar wouldn't move, but during the scan where the bar did move it said I was running 43 processes. Why didn't the bar move the first time and why would the number of processes go up like that?
I haven't illegally downloaded pirated software, I don't go to porn or crack websites, and I haven't let anyone use my computer since reformatting (unless God forbid a hacker got me). But I am still worried by these events. I don't know if there is anything wrong or if there's a way to tell if something is wrong. I'm terrified, and I beg anyone who reads this for advice, input, words of wisdom, etc.