MacShield the Same (Trojan) Horse by a Different Name


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06/10/2011



MacShield the Same (Trojan) Horse by a Different Name

Kevin R. Smith
Co-Editor


MacDefender now showing up with yet another name, "MacShield."

Not much else to say. It's as bogus as ever and brings the total number of aliases it shows up as to five, including:

  • MacDefender
  • MacProtector
  • MacSecurity
  • MacGuard
  • MacShield

Just more crapware to keep an eye out for. We'd love to hear from anyone who has spotted these things in the wild so we can do proper investigation on them.

We're specifically looking for more screenshots of the ads of these things and also of what websites we can download them from.

So far it looks like the same-old-same-old:

Posted by Kevin R. Smith at 10:54:10 PM in Apple Antivirus , Fake Antivirus , Mac Antivirus , Malware , Trojan

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