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<blockquote data-quote="steviep" data-source="post: 1213611" data-attributes="member: 197360"><p>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: </p><p><a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=86207" target="_blank">Mac spyware/adware/malware problem - MacRumors Forums</a></p><p></p><p>where people suggested </p><p>% cat /private/etc/hosts</p><p>or equivalently</p><p>% cat /etc/hosts</p><p>...but did not suggest any followup courses of action in case there was a problem. </p><p></p><p>when I did this I saw an unusual entry (at the end) that I don't quite understand:</p><p></p><p>[CODE] </p><p>$ cat /etc/hosts</p><p></p><p>##</p><p># Host Database</p><p>#</p><p># localhost is used to configure the loopback interface</p><p># when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.</p><p>##</p><p>127.0.0.1 localhost</p><p>255.255.255.255 broadcasthost</p><p>::1 localhost </p><p>fe80::1%lo0 localhost</p><p>[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>is there a problem with that last entry? It looks odd to me. If not, what is it? If so, what should I do? </p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks, </p><p>StevieP</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steviep, post: 1213611, member: 197360"] 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: [url=http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=86207]Mac spyware/adware/malware problem - MacRumors Forums[/url] 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 [/CODE] 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 [/QUOTE]
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