[IP] a query re keylogger
Begin forwarded message:
From: Steve Goldstein <steve.goldstein@xxxxxxx>
Date: May 23, 2006 2:27:50 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] UNVERIFIED -- Dell and DHS=> Mac OS X question
This is, indeed, disturbing if it is verified. I have a related
question for the OS experts. Keylogger (http://www.keyghost.com/
keylogger.htm) states:
Works on any desktop PC & all PC operating systems, including
Windows 3.1, 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Linux, OS/2, DOS, Sun Solaris
and BeOS.**
It doesn't mention MacOS. But, in a more general sense, if we were
to run Windows virtualization applications like VMware or Parallels
on an Intel-Mac, and if a malicious keylogging piece of spyware were
to have invaded the virtual Windows machine running on our Macs,
would it also log the activity on the Mac side as well as on the
Windows side?
Thanks for any clarification. I want to buy an iMac and run
Parallels to handle the few Windows programs that I need (like
FrontPage needed to maintain a web site, and FutureDial to maintain
and update my cell phone phonebook), and thereby get rid of the
Windows box and the extra heat that it produces in my small home
office, but I sure don't want any surreptitious Windows worms
snooping on my Mac OS X activity.
--Steve
http://ivlad.unixgods.net/lj/keylog/klog.htm
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