Scareware Gives Mac Users the Heebie-Jeebies

Scareware has apparently made its way to the Apple Mac platform.

Intego, which specializes in creating antivirus software for the Apple Mac platform, warned Monday that a fake antivirus program called “MACDefender” is attacking Apple Macs.

Scareware in general is a common tactic used by online scammers, and it’s been seen many times in the past to fool users of Windows PCs. Like many other scareware variants, MACDefender takes victims to a website, tells them their computers are infected, then tricks them into buying a non-existent antivirus program.

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