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First Scareware For the Mac

Posted by kdawson on from the rogue-cleaning-tool dept.

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."

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  1. I knew I wouldn't get infected... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    because my Windows PC already is infected.

  2. Steve Jobs finally has his hands tied? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, step aside my friend
    I've been doing it for years
    I say, sit on down, open your eyes
    And open up your ears

    Say
    Put a tree in your butt
    Put a bumblebee in your butt
    Put a clock in your butt
    Put a big rock in your butt
    Put some fleas in your butt
    Start to sneeze in your butt
    Put a tin can in your butt
    Put a little tiny man in your butt
    Put a light in your butt
    Make it bright in your butt
    Put a TV in your butt
    Put me in your butt
    Everybody say

    I, hey, that's, man, I ain't putting no trees in nobody's butt,
    no bees in nobody's butt, putting nothing--
    You must be out your mind, man,
    y'all get paid for doing this?
    Cause y'all gotta get some kind of money
    Cause this don't sound like the kind of--
    I'd rather golf, to be perfectly honest,
    than put somethin in somebody's butt
    to be truthful

    Well step aside my friend and let me
    show you how you do it
    When big bad E just rock rock to it

    Put a metal case in your butt
    Put her face in your butt
    Put a frown in your butt
    Put a clown in your butt
    Sit on down in your butt
    Put a boat in your butt
    Put a moat in your butt
    Put a mink coat in your butt
    Put everything in your butt
    Just start to sing about your butt
    Feels real good.

  3. Re:Yeah and moon is made from.. by Nossie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

  4. mod 0p by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lube or we sell Bought the farm.... playing 5o it's the system 3lean BSD style.' In the AT&T and Berkeley its readers and

  5. Re:Oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nice troll

  6. Re:Looking at the screenshots... by RincewindTVD · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    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.
  7. Re:funny thought... by Doctor_Jest · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You should find better friends....

    --
    It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.