Mac OS X Malware is Here For Real

In 1990s, we used to have a Mac product. It eventually got discontinued due to lack of threats.Then, in October 2007, we saw something unusual: a DNS Changer Trojan for OS X.We estimated the risk level of new Mac malware and as a result, we started developing F-Secure Anti-Virus for Mac.While we have seen new Mac malware every now and then, many experts have been downplaying the malware risk on Mac OS X systems. But the fact is that we are seeing more and more activity.Just during the last week, we've seen a significant rise of infections with Mac scareware trojans. These trojans are distributed via poisoned Google Images Search links.The trojans attempt to trick the user into believing their Mac is infected — when it's actually clean. Once the user is convinced he has a problem, he will purchase a license for the fake security product called MacDefender, MacSecurity, MacProtector or MacGuard.The trick is actually quite convincing. The user is redirected to a web page which doesn't look like a web page at all. Instead it resembles Mac's Finder:While this looks bad, it's just a webpage which has been designed to look like Finder.Here's a (continue reading...)