Mac Malware Users, Beware!
A site promoting a product called ‘MacGuard.’ offers both spyware and antivirus securities and the ability to remove adware and barred phishing attacks on OS X systems.
Users are recommended to stay watchful though no downloadable software was found on the site. Behind this, are distributors of ‘Antivirus XP 2008′ and ‘XP Antivirus’, a pair of Windows cheat security applications classified as “really horrific.”
These applications were acknowledged for installing themselves without permission and send the user fake alert messages designed to scare victims into paying for non-existent security protections.
The truth is, MacGuard application is a cheat security attack, it will mark another incident in a small but growing crop of new Mac malware releases. Mac malware samples have emerged last year, starting with a ‘fake codec’ attack in November and continuing with a fake security scam in January and pair of data-stealing Trojans found this summer.