[DEMUG] Don't be fooled by false threats

[Roy Atkinson]

Scareware coerces Mac users out of cash with privacy threat
By Jacqui Cheng

"Many of us seasoned Mac users like to live dangerously when it comes  
to viruses and malware—or rather, not-so-dangerously, since the risk  
(when compared to say, an unprotected Windows machine) is relatively  
low. Still, the general public is mostly well-conditioned at this  
point to fear anything coming into their machines—at least the ones  
who are paying attention are, anyway. For example, my dad won't even  
open e-mail attachments for stuff that I send to him.

It's those kinds of people who might be susceptible to a Trojan that  
Sophos Labs began warning Mac users about last week (thanks to MacUser  
for bringing it to our attention). Troj/MacSwp-B (aka Imunizator...  
no, it doesn't immunize, it imunizates!) prays on the fears of  
computer users by saying that their privacy may have been compromised,  
and attempts to coerce them into purchasing software to remedy the  
situation."

See the full Ars Technica story at http://tinyurl.com/yqpk9e


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Roy Atkinson
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