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Newest MacDefender scareware installs without a password
Computerworld - Hours after Apple owned up to a fake security software scam campaign, the "scareware" gang released a new variant, with a new name and a streamlined installation process that doesn't prompt victims for their password, a French antivirus firm said today.
On Tuesday, Apple acknowledged the threat posed by what security experts call "scareware" or "rogueware." bogus security software that claims a computer is heavily infected with worms, viruses and other malware. Once installed, such software nags users with pervasive pop-ups and fake alerts until they fork over a fee to purchase the worthless program.
I guess there are finally enough Macs out there that it makes it worthwhile for criminals to go after them!
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| Re: Newest MacDefender scareware installs without a password | |
Posted: 05/26/2011 4:20 PM |
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Everything you need to know about Mac scareware
Computerworld - You'd think it was the end of the world.
The fact that Mac users have fallen victim to "scareware" scams -- the kind that have long plagued Windows users -- shouldn't come as a surprise. After all, fake antivirus software schemes like MacDefender don't have to rely on exploitable vulnerabilities, but instead typically depend on tricking users into visiting malicious sites and duping them into installing the software.
And Mac users, for all their pretensions otherwise, are as fallible as the next person.
But from the news accounts this month about MacDefender, and the posts not only on Mac-specific blogs but also on ones usually devoted to Windows, you could be forgiven for thinking that Macs are suddenly the victims of choice.
They're not.
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