Well, it’s all over the internet, there seems to be a new ‘virus’ in town. The surprising thing this time is that is for a mac. Yes, we know, macs don’t get viruses, and we’ve got good news, its not really a virus.
Mac haters, you’ll have to get off your high horse on this one. MacDefender is more Malware than anything else. This vastly little program does little more than fool mac users into entering their credit card information in in order to stay “protected”. DO NOT INPUT YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION. If you have already entered your credit card, call your bank immediately.
Removal of this little program isn’t too bad for even a beginner. Just follow this link on over to TUAW to learn how to remove it.
Case in point that “If you don’t know what it is, don’t click it or give it your password” is good advice for macs too.