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Tag: Malware

Apple fanbois: Remember the Titanic

Posted on May 26, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Apple fanbois: Remember the Titanic

Apple finally admits to the MacDefender scareware and puts out instructions on how to prevent it. Too bad that within a couple of days there was a new variant that makes the instructions obsolete. Ed Bott continues to report on this on his Microsoft Blog over on ZDNet, and to much hatred from the Mac…

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Fake Software Viruses take a new turn

Posted on May 24, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Fake Software Viruses take a new turn

We all know about the Fake AV, Fake Security Center, and similar malware. I’ve started running into a new variant, one that is a bit more of a pain. I would say that 75% of my job winds up being removing malware from clients machines. I find it annoying, and really would love to find…

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Apple: Fanatics and Malware

Posted on May 19, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Apple: Fanatics and Malware

Ed Bott (@edbott Twitter) at ZDNet has been feeling the wrath for the MacFanatics after he reported, “According to a report from a Danish IT security company, an underground group has completed work on a fully operational kit specifically designed to build malware aimed at the Mac OS platform. ” Lets get some things straight….

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