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From: Doug Hamilton doug_hamilton@umanitoba.ca Date: May 25, 2011 9:08:55 AM CDT Subject: [C-REPS] Mac Defender Malware - uninstall.

Hello Everyone:

There is a trojan-horse style malware application in the wild directed at Mac OS X users. The authors of this malware are using the typical social-engineering approach of mislead the user and trick them into installing the malicious application via their web browser, because they've detected a virus on the user's system.

There is Apple knowledge base article on the matter with removal instructions http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4650

Write up about Mac Defender by Intego Security http://blog.intego.com/2011/05/02/intego-security-memo-macdefender-fake-anti...

Regards

Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, ASP Senior Apple Computer Consultant Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba 204-474-6196 (Ph.) 204-474-7556 (Fax) http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/