Hi, I was recently interested to see if there were any tracking cookies or malware or the like on my macbook pro (using safari). I went to a thread here:
Mac spyware/adware/malware problem - MacRumors Forums
where people suggested
% cat /private/etc/hosts
or equivalently
% cat /etc/hosts
...but did not suggest any followup courses of action in case there was a problem.
when I did this I saw an unusual entry (at the end) that I don't quite understand:
is there a problem with that last entry? It looks odd to me. If not, what is it? If so, what should I do?
Is there another (easier?) way to determine if I have any tracking cookies or malware installed on my computer? My specific question actually arises from this general question.
Thanks,
StevieP
Mac spyware/adware/malware problem - MacRumors Forums
where people suggested
% cat /private/etc/hosts
or equivalently
% cat /etc/hosts
...but did not suggest any followup courses of action in case there was a problem.
when I did this I saw an unusual entry (at the end) that I don't quite understand:
Code:
$ cat /etc/hosts
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
is there a problem with that last entry? It looks odd to me. If not, what is it? If so, what should I do?
Is there another (easier?) way to determine if I have any tracking cookies or malware installed on my computer? My specific question actually arises from this general question.
Thanks,
StevieP