OIT Help Desk
Cornell Spider Install and User Instructions for Macintosh
Downloading Cornell Spider (Personally Identifiable Information scanning
tool):
- Go to http://download.indstate.edu
- Select and Download Cornell Spider to your desktop
Installing:
- Click Continue in the Downloads window to answer the question, "Are you sure you want to continue downloading?"
- To start the installation, indicate your acceptance of the terms of the license by clicking the Agree button
- Double-click the Spider icon
- Click the Install button
- When the installation is finished, click the Continue button
- Click the Quit button in the Spider Installer window
- Quit Spider by clicking Spider in the top left corner of the screen and clicking Quit Spider
Running:
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Click on the Spider_osx icon on the desktop
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Double-click on Spider
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Click the Run Spider button to begin the scan
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The progress bar in the lower left hand corner of the window will indicate when the scan is complete
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Close Spider when the scan is finished by clicking Spider > Quit Spider in the upper left hand corner of the window
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Navigate to the location where you saved the Spider.log file and double-click it to start viewing your suspicious files.
Working with the Data:
Please review each file listed to insure they are clear of any SSN,
credit card information or other personal information.
You will notice there are files listed as suspicious, but may not contain SSN, credit card numbers or other personal information. All scanning
tools generate “false positives”, so expect to see some that are not
relevant.
Please refer to the “Security of Data” policy in the ISU Handbook at
http://www.indstate.edu/adminaff/handbook.htm, section V, pages 14 –
15, for the proper handling of data.
You
should run Spider on all of your computers at least once a month. Once
you have reviewed and dealt with the files containing personal
information you should delete the “spider.log” file.