i was told that when I entered "netstat" in the Terminal, and it came up with multiple local and foreign addresses, that my macbook has been "compromised" and "Hacked" and my info is not safe. My firewall is on. What is the truth?

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i was told that when I entered "netstat" in the Terminal, and it came up with multiple local and foreign addresses, that my macbook has been "compromised" and "Hacked" and my info is not safe. My firewall is on. What is the truth?

so do I need to spend the $350 on the apple tech support? some times that I check there is just one local and one foreign address. Other times there are several. I guess I just need to have someone smarter than me define those addresses.

Please help if you can explain those addresses in simple terms (I'm not an apple-geek at all)

thanks

Michael

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jun 14, 2013 8:48 PM

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Linc Davis

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Jun 14, 2013 10:59 PM in response to DRMDRMD

Why do you think your computer has been compromised?

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DRMDRMD Author

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Jun 15, 2013 5:43 AM in response to Linc Davis

Credit card fraud victim x 2 recently. :(

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leoruls

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Jun 15, 2013 6:27 AM in response to Linc Davis

Hi,

Your computer is not compromised.

The on line command displays network connection ,both incoming and outgoing which are established at the time of issuing the command.

For more :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netstat

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Linc Davis

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Jun 15, 2013 7:16 AM in response to DRMDRMD

The output of netstat tells you nothing about whether the computer is compromised. The fact that you've been the target of credit card fraud is not, in itself, evidence of compromise. However, if you want to rule it out, the only way is to erase the startup volume, reinstall OS X, restore only your documents from a backup, and then reinstall your third-party software from original media or fresh downloads.

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