Apple is fighting what security experts say may be the most dangerous types of computer virus to ever target its Mac computers. The technology giant has issued a security advisory warning to customers about recent scams that infected Macs with malicious software that alerts users wrongly that their computer is infected with virus. The aim of this fake software was to gain the credit card numbers and other important personal information.
This is one of the major campaigns that cyber criminals have launched against Mac users. Till date cyber crooks have focused on writing malicious software for machines running on Microsoft?s Windows operating system which is used more than nine in every 10 personal computers. But in recent times, it seems that since Macs have grown in number, they are becoming more attractive targets.
This fake anti-virus malware is downloaded when users click on links from tainted search engine results for popular queries, according to anti-virus software creator McAfee Inc. The virus also spreads when users click on links to malicious sites that might be included in tweets, e-mail or Facebook messages.
Apple said that it will issue an update for its Mac operating system ?in the coming days? that will detect and remove malicious fake anti-virus software. The system will also warn Mac users when they download such programs.
On the other hand Apple has issued advice on how users can clean up machines that have been infected by this malicious software which goes by the name MacDefender, MacProtector and MacSecurity.
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Source: http://www.gev.com/2011/05/apple-fights-fake-anti-virus-software-vendors/
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