mac defender

so I've just knocked one out to some special interest porn. after I had calmed down and removed my helmet, I noticed that macprotector.pkg had mysteriously appeared in my downloads folder. was just reading about this today and how it can install itself without needing you to enter your admin password...doesn't seem to have installed itself anywhere and I'm doing a full virus scan, but it's possible I could have my first ever mac virus. which is not remotely interesting. sorry.

I'd like to know more about the sex acts involved so I can avoid those particular special interest sites to protect my Mac

I'll just say it was dangerously biological.

if you use safari to browse - make sure you turn off the option to automatically open "safe" files in the preferences. It's not a virus - it's malware.

How to remove in case you are infected.

Also just curious - do you really use anti-virus software on the mac?

yeah I'll check this out

yeah been using iAntivirus...some free thing

edit: yeah

Yeah, my gf's macbook had that shit happen the other day. Some thing popped up saying she had a virus or some shit while she was doing a google image search. I was talking to her on facebook at the time and she asked me what to do. I told her to just quit chrome and then restart chrome and not fuck with it. It had downloaded some shit to her computer but it was a .zip file

turns out it wasn't the special interest porn. seems it was my gf looking at beanbags.

why use an antivirus on a mac? if you get a virus on your mac you must be retarded or something.

n00b

article about mac defender malware.

excerpt below.

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For the last month or so we have been carefully tracking the developments in the Mac OS X malware community. Our conclusion? It's advancing fast and taking many cues from the Windows malware scene.

 

Let's review the evolution of this threat briefly to see where we've been.

 

May 2, 2011: The first widely distributed fake security tool for OS X is being spread through poisoned Google Image search results, seemingly targeting random keywords and the death of Osama bin Laden. It displays a fake JavaScript popup pretending to be a Windows XP anti-virus scanner telling you that your computer is infected.

 

May 6, 2011: At this point, we're seeing new variants almost daily. Some of the new samples display random pornographic web pages to scare you and better convince you that your Mac is infected. We also sometimes see the name change from MacDefender to Mac Security.

 

May 7, 2011: A massive uptick in the success of SEO poisoning related to Mother's Day Google searches results in a large increase in the infection rate. This version ditches the Windows XP fake JavaScript screen and substitutes a very professional looking fake Finder that "detects" malware on your Mac.

 

May 15, 2011: We begin seeing the first attempts to obfuscate the content inside the malware to disguise its functionality. Early versions had the registration codes embedded in plain text, but now the registration codes are encoded so they are more difficult to discover.

 

All of these original variants still prompted the user for their Administrator password to install the malware. As Apple advises in their knowledge base article on the topic, this is a warning sign and an excellent opportunity to abort the installation.

 

May 25, 2011: Just like in the Windows versions, the latest variants seen today (OSX/FakeAvDl-A) no longer require administrative credentials. They now install into areas of the system that only require standard user privilege. In other words, the attacks no longer ask for an admin password. On Windows the criminals did this to avoid UAC warnings, and have copied this trick to their Mac OS X releases.

 

Here's how the latest Mac malware attack works in pictures (click for a larger version of each image):

 

First, you visit a poisoned webpage using Apple's Safari web browser. Perhaps you stumbled across it by clicking on a dangerous thumbnail while doing a search using Google Images.

I got the prompt doing something earlier today, and I told Chrome to force-quit and then I went about my day not being a moron.

delet - what a shock - a company that sells antivirus software would exaggerate the situation...:)

Just got this in an email from my dad...

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Apple warns of 'Mac Defender' phishing scam

 

Story posted 2011.05.26 at 02:00 PM PDT

 

 

Macintosh users, beware of a phishing scam that could infect your computer.

 

Apple says users are being redirected from legitimate websites to fake websites which tell them their computer is infected with a virus.

 

The user is then offered "Mac Defender" anti-virus software to solve the problem. Apple says the anti-virus program is actually a virus itself.

 

They say cyber criminals are trying to get the user's credit-card information.

 

Apple plans to launch a software update soon that will automatically find and remove "Mac Defender."

 

 

Story posted 2011.05.26 at 02:00 PM PDT

 

All material © 2011 KABC-TV, Inc. & 2004-2011 LSN, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

 

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  On 5/26/2011 at 9:17 PM, BCM said:

turns out it wasn't the special interest porn. seems it was my gf looking at beanbags.

I'd still class that as special interest