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Want to reformat without anything being left over
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<blockquote data-quote="New2TheMac" data-source="post: 1022455" data-attributes="member: 139905"><p>Company was over yesterday and they brought their kids. They asked if they could use the computer and I said yes figuring 20 something year olds should be smart enough with using the computer and also thinking it would be ok since Macs are more secure. Now I realize I shouldn't have done this but I keep my password written down close to the computer in case I forget it. They ended up going on a website which they say they can't remember the name of (which I still highly doubt) and then came to me saying they couldn't get a video to load even though they installed a codec for it. I asked how they installed a codec and after hounding them for the answer they admitted they found and used my password. I was livid to say the least, especially after using the DNS remover tool from Securmac which found something. I learned a lesson the hard way about how stupid of me it is to keep my password so close to the computer and about trust. I just decided to reformat because who knows what else they messed with. And trust me, I don't plan on letting anyone else use my Mac again, or keeping the password written down.</p><p></p><p>So as I said I did do a reformat, but do I have anything to worry about now? On windows there are viruses which can infect the bios so even doing a reformat won't get rid of this. Supposedly there aren't any viruses on the Mac but could trojans or anything else have infected my Mac bios? Do I have anything to worry about (besides who I let use my Mac)?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New2TheMac, post: 1022455, member: 139905"] Company was over yesterday and they brought their kids. They asked if they could use the computer and I said yes figuring 20 something year olds should be smart enough with using the computer and also thinking it would be ok since Macs are more secure. Now I realize I shouldn't have done this but I keep my password written down close to the computer in case I forget it. They ended up going on a website which they say they can't remember the name of (which I still highly doubt) and then came to me saying they couldn't get a video to load even though they installed a codec for it. I asked how they installed a codec and after hounding them for the answer they admitted they found and used my password. I was livid to say the least, especially after using the DNS remover tool from Securmac which found something. I learned a lesson the hard way about how stupid of me it is to keep my password so close to the computer and about trust. I just decided to reformat because who knows what else they messed with. And trust me, I don't plan on letting anyone else use my Mac again, or keeping the password written down. So as I said I did do a reformat, but do I have anything to worry about now? On windows there are viruses which can infect the bios so even doing a reformat won't get rid of this. Supposedly there aren't any viruses on the Mac but could trojans or anything else have infected my Mac bios? Do I have anything to worry about (besides who I let use my Mac)? [/QUOTE]
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