Fake Antivirus for Mac OS Changed the Way

Mac users, please boost alertness. Fake antivirus for Mac OS X is now using the techniques used in its Windows version to break into a Mac system.

Two security vendor, Sophons and ESET, note that the new version of Macdefender circulating now no longer ask the administrator password. First discovered in early May, this Trojan attack Mac users who enter into a fake Web site by following the search results that have been cheated.

In its advisory, Apple said that the requests an administrator password provides a good opportunity for users to cancel the installation of fake antivirus software. But now the attack has no longer asks for the password. This is similar to the way the hackers breaking into Windows computers that avoid UAC (user account control) warnings.

Now, the installation will be active when you go on the search results that are not clean. And once installed, the malware will prompt you to enter credit card information to purchase the software.

Clark from ESET recommends users to turn off the option 'open safe files after downloading' in the Mac system, at least until Apple released a security update that has been promised. Another threat which is also known by the name Macsecurity and Macguardian has changed rapidly since it was first detected.