MacDefender Screenshots... So Here's What it Looks Like


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06/09/2011



MacDefender Screenshots... So Here's What it Looks Like

Kevin R. Smith
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Joel Esler, one of the members of the Snort.org project has excellent coverage of MacDefender and its variants. It's from May, but I just came across it today, and it's so good it's worth sharing.

There have been a couple of different variations on the infection method that MacDefender uses, which I've shown in previous blog on MacDefender removal and on MacDefender spreading on Facebook.

Joel's wrap-up to the piece is great and worth reading. To paraphrase:
  1. Buy software from reputable places you go to
  2. Buying software from a popup window just isn't smart
  3. Educate yourself on what's out there and how to tell
Think the last one is hard? Consider this:

If you were walking down the Las Vegas strip, you'd know a conman from a mile away! When some huckster approaches you with his wares, you get leery--you know better than to deal with them.

Why?

You've educated yourself.

Posted by Kevin R. Smith at 10:57:45 PM in Apple Antivirus , Fake Antivirus , Mac Antivirus , Malware , Scam , Trojan

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