First Scareware For the Mac

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property sends us news from F-Secure of what they claim is the first rogue cleaning tool for the Mac. MacSweeper is a Mac version of Cleanator, hosted from a colo somewhere in the Ukraine. The article points out that the company's About page is lifted verbatim from Symantec's site. With the Mac's market share closing in on double digits, perhaps it's not surprising to see the platform targeted with crapware as PCs have been for years. The F-Secure author adds as a footnote that a journalist said to him something you don't hear every day: "I visited the macsweeper.com website. I know I probably shouldn't have but I used a Windows PC so I knew I wouldn't get infected."

Comments

Re:Yeah and moon is made from..

[Nossie]

What?

Let me guess. You are 12, American and like lol cats?

"You has add nothing to discussion" I can haz cheezburger?

"come back when you have proof for writing what works like English, illiterate Mac fanboi"

Proof for writing that works like English? try "Come back when you have proof that you can write in English"

pot, kettle, black, idiot!

Now is when you quickly reverse your statement, tell me that the sarcasm you posted went over my head and that I'm an Apple sympathizer.

Re:Looking at the screenshots...

[RincewindTVD]

Apple have your back there too. http://www.apple.com/safari/

Your browsing is your business. Which is exactly why Safari offers private browsing -- to keep your online activities private. Turn on private browsing and Safari won't store your Google searches, your cookies, the history of sites you've visited, your download history, or information from online forms you've filled out. porn porn porn. I think I'll install Safari at home.

Re:funny thought...

[Doctor_Jest]

You should find better friends....