Apple support forum entry tells how to tackle Mac malware

Technology giant, Apple has finally responded to the malware issue in its Mac computers by posting a new entry in a support forum advising users on how to avoid or remove the MacDefender malware.

Users have been complaining on a number of threads on Apple forums about infections that caused their Macs to act strangely. The malware appears as legitimate security software for the OS X platform to the system and was noticed earlier this month.

The hackers tricked Mac users by displaying pictures showing an antivirus scan taking place on their machines. The images then tell users that their system is infected by a serious malware and urges them to download and install the antivirus package. Users who download the ‘anti-virus program’ are then infected by the malware.

The malware surfaced in May and have since infected an unknown number of user systems.

MacDefender and its malicious software variants have been infecting Macs since at least May 2.

Apple may be coming to a realization that Mac systems, so far believed to be free from any malware, now appear to be untargeted and unprotected target for hackers, phishers, and scammers.