[vicsireland] Fw: Important Notice - Mac Threat Alert
- From: "Gerard Ellis" <gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:48:37 +0100
Keep yourself covered from the latest threats Hi,
MAC users who thought they were safe may be interested in this ...
Take Care,
Gerry Ellis
If you don't know where you're going,
How will you know when you get there?
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From: PC Tools
To: gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 6:51 AM
Subject: Important Notice - Mac Threat Alert
Keep yourself covered from the latest threats.
If you are unable to see the images, add the domain @email.pctools.com to
your Safe Sender list or view online
Mac Threat Alert
Know anyone that's a Mac User?
Then let them know that malware researchers have discovered what appears
to be the first Mac OSX botnet, aka MacBot or iBotnet and its receiving a
substantial amount of industry and media interest.
Early estimates suggest that thousands of people have unknowingly
downloaded the infected files. Don't let yourself be one of them...
In a nutshell the botnet is launching a number of malware variants inside
pirated copies of popular Mac based software in order to take control of the
infected Mac machine.
First and foremost make sure that you and your fellow Mac users, exercise
caution, have Mac specific security software installed and that your existing
version of iAntiVirus is up to date - there's a free version or you can
purchase a version with full functionality and support for only $29.95. It's
also vital that you enable and install the latest Mac security updates.
Regards
PC Tools Team
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