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MacSweeper: Keep This Rogue Mac Application In The Broom Closet

Written on January 16, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 8 people have commented

F-Secure is reporting on the first, widespread rogue Mac application that comes in the guise of security software: MacSweeper. It is hosted at www.macsweeper.com, but I do not recommend visiting that site. I’m not convinced this is the first rogue Mac application ever to hit the internets, but the F-Secure folks are top-notch researchers who [...]

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