--- On Wed, 11/10/10, Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> [snip]
>> How do you know you haven't been infected or
hacked?
>> (I don't doubt that you do, just curious about
how.)
>
> Lack of the usual indicators, that is, no odd
application behavior, no
> unusual slow-downs, no excessive CPU usage, no
excessive or abnormal net (or
> hard drive) activity, no crashes or freezes, no
strange log reports, no
> reports from friends about receiving spam e-mails from
me that I never sent,
> etc.
>
> I've spent enough time fixing friends' infected
Windows machines that I've
> gotten a "feel" for when something is amiss.
It's not a definitive feeling,
> just an indicator to start checking for something
wrong.
>
I hope that you're not deluding yourself...
Why would you think I am?
B