Is my mac in risk?

Hi,
Im new here.
I bought an imac in december and im learning how to handle this.
Few days ago i was on the internet and when i shut a window i saw my webcam was switched on. I saw my image in the deskto. I shut the webcam app down imediatelly, so i didn t see what the app was it. I imagine it was phototobooth.
Now im worried about being invaded.
I scanned my computer with three anti virus. There aren t any trojans or other malwares in it.
But, i wanna know whether its possible someone have invaded my computer by my IP number.
If yes, the invasor could open apps in my desktop?
Im really paranoid.
Help me.
Thanks.

My firewall wasn t turned on.
That's as it should be for the most part. See Do I need a firewall?.
Could i realize if someone was controlling my computer, like making me looose control of.my mouse or something like this?
I'm not sure that I understand what you're asking. Are you saying you actually saw your mouse moving on its own, or just speculating about whether that's possible? If the former, see:
My mouse keeps moving around on its own, as if someone is remotely controlling my Mac!
Most likely, all that happened here was that you accidentally opened PhotoBooth or Facetime while opening some other app, and that window ended up hidden behind something else.

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Hi.
I've been a Mac user since the days of the Mac Plus, about 1986.
It's been my experience that the system defaults are generally enough to keep your Mac safe. I know there are going to be others who will swear up and down that you HAVE TO do more... but the setup that ships with the newest Macs is pretty d*mn good.
The best thing you can do to protect your machine is practice a little self control. By that I mean, just follow some basic rules when your on using the machine and the internet.
> Don't download files or apps from untrusted sites... sites you don't know.
> Don't allow an application to install itself if you didn't initiate it. (This is how a trojan would infect a machine.)
> Don't click on links in your e-mail if it's from someone you don't know.
> Don't share your user IDs and passwords with others.
> Install and use an anti-virus (Kaspersky, Symantic, et al).
> Use Software Update regularly.
There are other basics that you should keep in mind when using your Mac, and I'm sure others can add to this.
Most of the issuse that people have when using Macs is because they don't use common sense... not because their machine has been hacked or attacked.
OS X is pretty secure as it ships. And Apple is pretty proactive in keeping it updated.

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Those of us who prefer a non-Windows desktop platform are often frustrated and disappointed with the lack of support we find for our platform of choice in the mainstream business world. But, again some of us are stubborn enough to stick to our guns and try to live an alternative lifestyle.
Recently, after being a full-time employee for over 12 years, I decided to become an independent NetWeaver Basis consultant. So, one of the first things I had to think about was having a laptop for my new business. Having recently bought a Macintosh laptop for my personal use (just a couple of months before I made up my mind about going independent), my decision was actually about whether or not to buy a Windows laptop or use my Mac and risk my future clients denying me access to their office networks.
Why a Mac?
Being a Unix fan, I love the idea of having a Unix-based desktop (in case you weren't aware, Apple's operating systems core is a BSD Unix called Darwin). I can run the Mac Terminal application and develop/test Unix scripts right there, and run SSH and X-windows and other Unix tools without the need for add-ons. Plus, audio, video, modem, wireless and every other piece of hardware on my laptop works like a charm out of the box -- which is usually not the case with most Linux distros. All that apart from the legendary simplicity and elegance of the Macintosh user interface.
But, as you probably know, not everything in a Mac lovers life is sweet potatoes, especially if you work in the non-Mac-specialized IT world. Two of the main drawbacks (for me, anyway) are the relative shortage of free software and utilities as compared to Windows and Linux (though this is getting better as more people use Macs), and the lack of support from many software vendors in the business arena.
SAP, I must say, is one of the few large business software vendors that have always (since I can remember) provided a Mac client. Not as nice as its Windows-based cousin, but the Java GUI does the job (for the most part) ...in the ABAP-based world, that is. However, SAP does stop short of providing Mac support for all NW front-end components. And since lately Ive been focusing on Portal and XI, I will need more than just SAPGui in order to support my future clients with my Mac.
So, this is where things start getting more difficult:
SAPs official position on Portal Administration functions is that Internet Explorer (which only runs on Windows) is the sole supported platform. Nevertheless, I have tested most of the basic functions to work well on Firefox for Mac.
As far as XI, I believe the Java Web Start-based Integration Builder tools are also only officially supported on Windows. But since Web Start runs on the Mac as well, there is in theory no reason why the IB tools would not work properly on my laptop, and my initial testing of them has been successful. By the way, the same goes for other Java-based GUI tools such as Visual Admin, SDM GUI, and even SAPinst. All of which I have tested to work ok - just for fun, as I usually prefer to run those tools via VNC or X emulation.
In any case, living outside or on the edge of official SAP support is not a wam a cozy feeling, if you ask me.
Some other things a NetWeaver consultant might need that you cant run on a Mac are:
NetWeaver Developer Studio (though I want to try tweaking the Mac version of eclipse, just for fun, but haven't had a chance yet).
Other specialized NW front-end components, such as the ones used for MDM.
Microsoft Project.
Microsoft Visio.
NetMeeting.
So, with all of the above shortcomings and iffiness, who is going to try to support SAP customers using a Mac?????
I, for one.
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Oh! and, yes... Virtual PC for Mac with Windows XP Professional...to run IE, NWDS and all the other stuff you still cant run on a Mac . After all, I cant afford not to be able to support my clients! I promise to use it only when nothing on the Mac will do ;). Perhaps I will be able to do without it some day?

Hi all,
at first let me tll you, my engish is not the best.
The next I wont tell you is the important thing. I work as a SAP-Cosultant to develop different ABAP Report and WebAS BSP's. Since 1998 I use first PowerBook and now MacBook Pro.
I use this Machines, because, I am a great fan of Macintoh Computers and the Mac OS X TOO. For me it is simply to use, works in all kinds in all Customer-Networks no Problems with Firewall-Tools, and so on, and so on.
I work with the SAP Java-GUI. But in some kinds i need the Windows SAP Gui because the Java-GUI has Problems or can not do the work had to do.
For developing and testing the BSP-Applications I take Firefox on the OS X-Side equal on the Windows-Side. Firefox has very good tools for developing HTML like FireBug and Web Developer. The complete Pages the Custom was to see with teh Windows IE. In same cases I present the Aplication to the Customer with Safari und he ask me why the pages looks i Max OS X so pretty und with the IE so ugly. This is a very nice moment
But a last, nearly i have the same questons than Carlos Herrera tell us.
Greetings
Meinolf Gerling

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I can answer for me about Mac pro 2006. i want to run mac os 10.9

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irks me to see designers sitting around at work
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Hi ed_shaw-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple boards
I kind of lost faith with all of the technology "doom and gloom" reporting back when "they" said that the Y2K bug would bring the civilized world to it's knees. I am still waiting for that one.
Luck-
-DP

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