Apple has posted a support document explaining how to “avoid or remove” the infamous Mac Defender program and stated it would release an update to Mac OS X to automatically find and remove the malware. The new support document describes the malware as a phishing scam that redirects users from legitimate websites to “fake websites […]
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Security firm Intego announced Monday that a fake antivirus program for Mac OS X has been discovered in the wild. While the threat potential remains low, inexperienced users could be fooled into paying to remove fake viruses “detected” by the software, and in the process, could end up giving credit card information to scammers. Per […]
Late Wednesday, shareware developer Maintain released version 4.7.8 of Cocktail (Snow Leopard Edition), Cocktail, the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 2 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: – Added ability to clear Koobface.A (Boonana.A) trojan. – Added ability to clear Microsoft […]
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Cocktail 4.4.1 (Leopard Edition) Released
On Tuesday, shareware developer Maintain released version 4.4.1 of Cocktail (Leopard Edition), Cocktail, the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 1.9 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: * Addresses compatibility issues with Firefox 3.5.x and Flock 2.5.x web browsers * Added clearing […]
On Wednesday, shareware developer Maintain released version 4.3.4 of Cocktail (Tiger Edition), Cocktail, the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 1.9 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: Fixed minor compatibility issues with Mac OS X 10.5.7. Fixed compatibility with Firefox and Google […]