Remember that Security Update that is supposed to remove and protect you from the Mac Defender malware and its variants? Well it worked up until a few hours later where a new updated version seemingly bypasses the protection that Apple just released last night.
ZDNet reports:
The bad guys have wasted no time. Hours after Apple released this update and the initial set of definitions, a new variation of Mac Defender is in the wild. This one has a new name, Mdinstall.pkg, and it has been specifically formulated to skate past Apple’s malware-blocking code.
The file has a date and time stamp from last night at 9:24PM Pacific time. That’s less than 8 hours after Apple’s security update was released.
They also say that the install process has not changed at all since the previous variant.
As always, take precautions when surfing the web. If infected, read the step-by-step uninstall method directly from Apple. If you see “Mdinstall.pkg”, trash it and make note to never go to the site that gave it to you again.
Check out videos how it installs and how Apple tries to protect you here.
(via ZDNet)
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