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Cleaning Up After My Idiot Friend
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<blockquote data-quote="Vyper007" data-source="post: 1000899" data-attributes="member: 144279"><p>If your going to be lending your mac out, then really you should have made him an account via the 'system Preference>Accounts' section, from there you could have made him a guest account, then when the mac was returned you could have simply removed his account and been safe in the knowledge your files and privacy would have been untampered. Also as a guest your friend wouldn't have been able to install new software or change any critical settings without your administrator password.</p><p></p><p>Anyway the horse has now bolted so its down to damage limitation. Obviously have a good scan round your mac, deleting any files you think he's downloaded (make sure you have a time machine backup first though), macs being macs they're generally virus free etc so I wouldn't worry too much on that front, for now I'd go on a bit of an exercise resetting passwords, clearing down browser histories and emptying the browser cache.</p><p></p><p>Resetting your IP (externally) is normally controlled by your ISP, internally you could change it to something else if your not setup as a DHCP machine (in which case your router controls IP assignment), but I dont see really what that would achieve.</p><p></p><p>My final suggestion is look into getting a program called Little Snitch, it allows you to control outbound communication from your mac, something your firewall doesn't do by default, it'll give you a better idea if theres something on your mac trying to contact the outside world in the background.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vyper007, post: 1000899, member: 144279"] If your going to be lending your mac out, then really you should have made him an account via the 'system Preference>Accounts' section, from there you could have made him a guest account, then when the mac was returned you could have simply removed his account and been safe in the knowledge your files and privacy would have been untampered. Also as a guest your friend wouldn't have been able to install new software or change any critical settings without your administrator password. Anyway the horse has now bolted so its down to damage limitation. Obviously have a good scan round your mac, deleting any files you think he's downloaded (make sure you have a time machine backup first though), macs being macs they're generally virus free etc so I wouldn't worry too much on that front, for now I'd go on a bit of an exercise resetting passwords, clearing down browser histories and emptying the browser cache. Resetting your IP (externally) is normally controlled by your ISP, internally you could change it to something else if your not setup as a DHCP machine (in which case your router controls IP assignment), but I dont see really what that would achieve. My final suggestion is look into getting a program called Little Snitch, it allows you to control outbound communication from your mac, something your firewall doesn't do by default, it'll give you a better idea if theres something on your mac trying to contact the outside world in the background. Hope that helps [/QUOTE]
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