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Fake Installer for Mac OS Charges Users via Their Mobile Account

14

Dec

2012

Reports are circulating that a fake installer for Mac OS has surfaced, proving that Mac OS is still fair game when it comes to web threats.Our friends from Dr. Web have uncovered a fake installer for Mac OS X. Detected as OSX_ARCHSMS.A, users may encounter this threat by downloading from websites peddling supposed legitimate software. […]

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First fake-installer Trojan for Mac OS

12

Dec

2012

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web informs users about a new Trojan for Mac OS X dubbed Trojan.SMSSend.3666. The malicious scheme used to spread this Trojan is notorious among many Windows users but until now it hasn’t been employed to deceive owners of Macs. Trojan.SMSSend is a fake installer which can be downloaded from various sites […]

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August 2012 virus activity review: growing botnets, a Java vulnerability, and new threats to Android

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Sep

2012

The last summer month of the year saw a noticeable increase in activity on the part of virus makers and Internet fraudsters-pretty much in line with our expectations. Fraudsters crafting paid archive hoaxes came to incorporate malicious software such as Trojan.Mayachok.1 into their “products”. Compared with July, the number of new threats discovered by Doctor […]

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