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[tree_and_leaf]

Does anyone know of a reliable and cheap or (even better, free - hey, I'm a student!) program that will detect spyware or malware for the Mac (should such things exist - the spyware, I mean).†

I just had an odd experience while trying to open a page at the Leaky Cauldron, and got a pop-up window which appeared to be inviting me to download a program to scrub all the evidence of 'adult pages' and movies I'd looked at (hah!), purely out of the goodness of the manufacturer's heart, becaues they were concerned to save my marriage and possibly keep me out of the dock. Now, even if I did have a bad conscience due to perusing dubious internet material, I wouldn't be that stupid.

I was, however, slightly concerned by the fact that clicking 'no' to get rid of the dialogue box (it was a dialogue box, and not a window), brought up another dialogue box, this time only with one button, marked 'ok', and I eventually had to force-quit in order to get rid of it. Should I be concerned?

† I do run - university mandated - anti-virus software, i.e. Sophos. I don't entirely trust it, but have been relying on the fact that Mac OS is safe (because writers of nasties usually can't be bothered with such a small market). But I'm beginning to wonder if that's still true.

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[oxoniana.livejournal.com]

Hello! I can't remember if we've 'spoken' before but I@m interested to see you're a medievalist in OXford who started off at St Andrews- so am I! I wonder if we know each other...when did you graduate?

[tree_and_leaf]

Two years ago - am a bit reluctant to post much revealing detail on a public website, but feel free to e-mail me at treeandleafster@googlemail.com. I see you're a Lincolnite, so we're relatively close in terms of college geography.