Jeff Campbell
05-25-2011, 04:13 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/05/24/apple_posts_instructions_on_how_to_remove_mac_defender_malware.html' target='_blank'>http://www.appleinsider.com/article...er_malware.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple has posted a support document explaining how to "avoid or remove" Mac Defender and stated it would release an update to Mac OS X to automatically find and remove the malware."</em></p><p><img height="311" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1306292638.usr105634.jpg" width="600" /></p><p>You can find out what Apple says at the support document site <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4650" target="_blank">here</a>, but basically they describe Mac Defender as a phishing scam using redirects to trick you into believing your computer has a virus. Then you get conned into buying a product to remove the virus only to find out that they never had a virus in the first place, or at least I would hope they find out they got conned. The support document details steps on removal of this crap, or you can wait until the OS X update that will be coming out "soon" that will find and remove this malware and others like it for you. </p>