Sam
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A fake security program for Apple computers called MACDefender has racked up a significant number of victims.
Hundreds of people who installed the software have turned to Apple's forums for help to remove it.
The program's tactic of peppering screens with pornographic pictures has made many keen to get rid of it.
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[Edited on 19-05-2011 by Sam]
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ed
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... and if you take your Mac to a 'Genius' they're not allowed to help you remove the software!
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/05/19/applecare-reps-told-not-to-help-users-remove-macdefender-malware/
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LeeM
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i want it
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chrisritch
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want
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adiohead
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downloading...
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Steve
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thought macs didnt get malware
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adiohead
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Originally posted by Steve
thought macs didnt get malware
you thought wrong
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Dom
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Originally posted by Steve
thought macs didnt get malware
Haven't had malware/spyware/viri on my brilliant and wonderful Windows PC for years; clearly i'm missing out on this Mac malware craze 
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Originally posted by ed
... and if you take your Mac to a 'Genius' they're not allowed to help you remove the software!
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/05/19/applecare-reps-told-not-to-help-users-remove-macdefender-malware/
Is it just with this particular malware or is this global ie: they won't help with other viri/malware/spyware?
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Nath
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More bait in Geek Day than Sports Days these days.
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ed
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Dom: apparently it's with all viruses - the response they gave stated that they don't want to set a presidence of having to fix people's computers when they download dodgy shit off of the internetz. You could read into it and say that they want tp promote their app stores as the safest place to download stuff for your Mac, which I guess is true to an extent.
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Steve
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any apparently
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adiohead
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this program needs to be installed by the user.
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ed
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Or perhaps one day someone will come in who has monumentally fucked their computer up with all sorts of junk and they don't want to have to deal with that kind of thing.
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AlunJ
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 doesn't matter on the OS, some people will still download shit. I refuse to use any anti virus shit and I rarely had virus problems on windows and certainly never any problems on the mac.
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pow
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amazing
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dannymccann
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
doesn't matter on the OS, some people will still download shit. I refuse to use any anti virus shit and I rarely had virus problems on windows and certainly never any problems on the mac.
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