Basically don't believe it when you are told that you've got viruses that need cleaning up. It could be getting you to install some malignant software. This may apply to PCs as well I don't know.
It's just happened to me on a very Innocent looking site.
Luckily I'd seen the message below.
From the Mac users group:
Hi
There is a new form of malware out there and it covers itself by looking like a legitimate Mac Software installer.
As we know with all installer operations 99% require a admin password to install, doing this for malware opens the doors.
I picked it up somehow by looking at a link from a New Scientist page regarding a story about Area 51. (I hasten to add I didn't allow it to install)
So please be very wary.
Full story here
http://www.reedcorner.net/news.php/?p=138
Regards
Dave Perry
IET
Open University
From Jose Marques
Apple has a KB article on the subject now: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4650
Also :
There's actually a more comprehensive summary of the removal process at
http://www.securemac.com/MAC-Defender-Rogue-Anti-Virus-Analysis-Removal.php.
--
David Harley CITP FBCS CISSP
Small Blue-Green World
No comments:
Post a Comment