If you thought the Mac virus/malware scene was about to dry up due to Apple’s relatively quick response in regards to the MacDefender malware which would steal credit card information, think again. Mac Security Blog (Intego) has discovered a new version of Mac Defender that ups the ante. Specifically, the old dead giveaway that the software was fake — a Windows screen being the OS X preview — has been replaced with an OS X-style window.
With that said, the people behind this annoying malware still have some work cut out for them — the fonts are all wrong and the alerts are not specific to Mac.
Nonetheless, the risk is still there. If you notice the alert above or see a folder labeled “anti-malware.zip” in your downloads folder, do not install or open it. As of writing, the application is still called “MacSecurity”.
