“There’s a new trend out there designed to scam computer users: web sites that sell bogus software. Not only does the software not do what it claims to do, but the companies that sell this ‘software’ get a hold of your credit card and can do even more damage to your bank account,” Intego, a company specializing ine Macintosh security, reports via the company’s blog.
Intego has spotted one such company, claiming to sell Macintosh antivirus software. MacGuard claims the following:
Macguard’s high-tech system scanner will search your hard drive for malicious objects such as Adware, Spyware and Trojans, cleaning your files, eliminating the threats, and securing your privacy in just a matter of minutes. Its Real Time smart protection will also ensure new threats will not even reach your desktop.
Intego reports, “But what’s interesting is that Winiguard claims exactly the same thing. Not only is that claim the same, but every word on the two websites is identical.”
“One way you can spot a fake is that when you click what is supposedly the product’s download link, nothing downloads. So you can see that there’s no software behind the web site. (On the Winiguard site, something does indeed download.) If you are gullible enough to purchase this software from a company you have never heard of, who has no references, and whose web site is vague and imprecise, it is likely that you will find additional charges on your credit card,” Intego reports. “ArsTechnica reports that more than 30 million people have been scammed by such software.”
Intego advises, “We all know that security is a serious risk when using a computer, and especially the Internet, but one should not blindly trust a web site just because it claims that its software will do something.”
Full article here.
[Attribution: TUAW. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “RadDoc” for the heads up.]
@Predrag
Actually, we are waiting for the first political post.
Surely anti-virus must be in one of the candidates’ health care platform!
@ Bogus
I was walking in the park one day!
I wouldn’t pay for anti virus software in Windows, why would I pay for it on the Mac?
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QUOTE: I wouldn’t pay for anti virus software in Windows, why would I pay for it on the Mac? ENDQUOTE.
LOL. Anti virus software is a necessary evil for windows, but it has to be the right software otherwise your just wasting your money. Anything that is Microsoft endorsed, ie: Symantec aka Norton, McAfee are about as much use as a fart in a blanket.
As for the Mac. Intego has been crying wolf now for a few years in an attempt to persuade mac users to use their software. It’s strange that certain companies will stop at nothing to ensure they get a huge percentage of the market. INTEGO talk BULL. It is very easy for any company to script a false trojan to hook into your system to make you think its the real deal. Several malware companies are already doing this on a grand scale on the windows platform. Its to make you buy this crap software. BEWARE of SHISTERS… they are everywhere
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