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RE: Mac Users Beware... - hotinhawaii - 05-18-2011
I got hit today while looking at plumbing diagrams from a Google search. I quickly stopped the download of the zip file and deleted it. It seemed like an official Apple warning when it popped up and asked me to click. I am glad I read about it here first.
RE: Mac Users Beware... - Chuysmom - 05-18-2011
If you cannot find someone to help, my neighbor is a Mac expert. It's her business. email is dawnhurwitz@mac.com
RE: Mac Users Beware... - knieft - 05-19-2011
One easy thing to do: block the ads from loading in in the first place. In Safari (safari:preferences:extensions) two must-have extensions are "Click To Flash" and "AdBlock".
Smoothes out and speeds up the surfing experience as well...
Cheers,
Kirt
RE: Mac Users Beware... - hotinhawaii - 05-19-2011
The current issue is not ads that are loading. I have AdBlock and have popups blocked. This one is different.
RE: Mac Users Beware... - OrchidIslander - 05-19-2011
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Originally posted by pslamont
.....and flooding me with pornography. Not just any old pornography, but BDSM and "GAY" pornorgaphy,
That was terrible! You wouldn't by any chance happen to remember what website you were at when the attack occurred would you? I,um, would like to do a little investigating......
RE: Mac Users Beware... - punafish - 05-19-2011
It happened to me twice while at hotmail. It was a screen I had never seen before so it looked fishy. Both times I hit the back arrow and it took me back to hotmail with no problems.
RE: Mac Users Beware... - Guest - 05-19-2011
You dont need anti-virus, just dont enter your password unless its something you are intending to install. Apple will never pop something up in a web browser telling you your at risk. use your head and be smart, you actually have to click on the fake warning and then enter in your password to get a virus on a mac.
RE: Mac Users Beware... - hotinhawaii - 05-20-2011
Wow. Lots of misinformation out there. The current threat is malware. It is not a virus. I was affected by this two days ago. I clicked an image in Google image search and the download of the malware began. That is all. My iMac did not ask me if I wanted to install it like it normally would and therein lies the problem with this new threat. Because I had disabled the option in Safari to automatically open downloaded items, I would have had to open it manually. For people who have this option enabled, this malware program opens automatically without entering a password and without clicking that you want to open it and apparently shows porn and whatever else. As it was, I stopped the download while in progress and deleted it from my downloads folder.
RE: Mac Users Beware... - Guest - 05-20-2011
Its called mac defender.
It will download after you click the fake pop-up, and it will run the installer telling you that you have a virus etc....
IT CANNOT INSTALL WITHOUT YOU ENTERING YOUR ADMIN PASSWORD.
DO NOT ENTER YOUR PASSWORD. Its harmless otherwise, just delete it.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/05/fake-mac-defender-antivirus-app-scams-users-for-money-cc-numbers.ars
RE: Mac Users Beware... - knieft - 05-20-2011
I am certainly not sure
what this is all about ( (and haven't encountered it on the 5 Macs I use daily (don't ask)), but here are some useful links if anyone is having problems...http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/19/macdefender-malware-protection-and-removal-guide/
http://www.cultofmac.com/how-to-spot-malware-and-remove-it-if-youre-infected-with-macdefender-how-to
Cheers,
Kirt