Happened+at+Home

Write here what has happened at home that has to do with technology that people may need to know.

MacDefender: If you own a Mac at home and you go to a certain website and it gives you a so called "virus" and the following happens, it is lying.

Once the program is installed it will be configured to start up automatically when you login to your Mac. Once running it will pretend to scan your computer and then state that there are numerous files on your computer that are infected. If you attempt to clean these fake infections, though, the program will state that you must first purchase a license before it will allow you to do so. After the scan the Control Center screen for Mac Defender will be updated to state that your computer is infected and at Risk. Regardless of the information presented by this program, you should not purchase this program as all of this information is false. Unfortunately, when Mac Defender is installed on your computer it will also be added to your accounts Login Items so that the program is launched every time you login to your Mac. As there is no Dock icon for this application, it is also not easily closed and will instead require you to terminate its process through the Activity Moniter before you are able to remove the application from your computer.
 * Mac Defender** is a fake rogue anti-spyware program that for the Mac OS operating system. This infection is spread through the use of advertisements on [|web sites] that pretend to be fake online scanners. When these fake scans are finished, it will state that your computer is infected and then automatically download the Mac Defender program onto your computer. Once the program has finished downloading, the installer will start and prompt you to install the program.

While the program is running it will also display fake security alerts that are further used to scare you into thinking that your computer has a serious problem. Some of these alerts include: > **The system is infected:**Your system is infected. It's highly recommended to cleanup your system to protect critical information like [|credit card numbers], etc. > **Unregistered Copy:**Sorry, the copy of your program is unregistered. Register to have an ability to cleanup your system. > **Virus Found:**Infected file detected:**Virus**: Dialer**File**: Safari > **Virus Found:**Infected file detected:**Virus**: Worm**File**: clri > **Virus Found:**Infected file detected:**Virus**: Worm**File**: [|Software Update] Just like the fake scan results, these alerts are also fake and are only being used to scare you into purchasing the program. Therefore, please ignore them and do not purchase the program. Last, but not least, while the program is running it will also open up web sites to various pornographic sites. As you can see, Mac Defender was created to scare you into thinking your computer has a severe security problem so that you will then purchase this program. For no reason should you purchase Mac Defender, and if you already have, you should contact your credit card company and dispute the charges stating that the program is a computer infection.

Go to [] to learn how to uninstall it.