Malware hit Macs

Apple's Mac computers known to be quite safe from viruses. But with the growing popularity soared, the Mac operating system is no longer considered as safe as before so that the user must start vigilant.

Computer security experts consider cyber criminals become more and more Mac as a target. Because the higher the number of users who use the Mac as a computer daily.

Graham Cluely of security vendor Sophos detects the malware hack the increase devoted to the Mac in a few weeks later. Mac users judged to be an easy target because it often does not use anti-virus software.

"For Mac users do not use anti-virus protection, they are regarded as soft targets," he said, quoted Tekertin.com from dailymail Tuesday (05/24/2011).

One of the malicious programs detected named Mac Defender, which is distributed in a variety of names such as Mac Protector. Malware infects Macs via bogus search results on Google Image or pop-up Internet.

The victim was given a message as if the computer infected with the virus and they should download anti-virus for just went. But it turns out that they download is a malicious program.

Joel Esler of the Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team said that the Mac Defender looks like a native application for Mac OSX. This makes some users not to download it a second thought.