A recent phishing scam has targeted Mac users, which claimed their computers were infected with a virus. It redirects users to fakes websites to download Mac Defender, suggested to be an “anti-virus” software which in fact is malware. The goal is to get the user’s credit card information which may be used for fraudulent purposes. Apple officially acknowledged the issue yesterday, and posted instructions on how to remove Mac Defender malware and news on future OS X software update.

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