[Hidden-tech] Can anyone help my mom with a spammy virus?

[B. Kimo Lee]

Hi Shel,

The below is from:
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/05/02/bogus-macdefender-malware-campaign-targets-mac-users-using-google-images/

Best,
Kimo

Luckily, disabling and removing the bogus MacDefender application is  
easy. (You could also apply these directions to MacProtector.) If you  
have been infected and want to make sure it no longer resides on your  
system, follow the steps below:
To ensure you do not automatically download the app, uncheck the  
following: Safari > Preferences > General > uncheck “Open “safe” files  
after downloading”.
Searching for the application and deleting it directly may fail,  
saying the app is in use. To stop it running, check Activity Monitor  
(in Applications > Utilities) and disable anything that relates to  
MacDefender.
Look in /Library/StartupItems and, same place, LaunchAgents and  
LaunchDaemons for references to the malware app.
Once quit, head to the Applications folder and drag the MacDefender  
app to the trash, then delete trash.
To ensure all references to the app are cleared, run a search using  
Spotlight and delete all MacDefender references you find.


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On May 17, 2011, at 10:41 PM, Shel Horowitz, Ethical/Green Marketing  
Expert wrote:

> She writes:
>
> At 11:30 PM +0000 5/17/11, gloyoshi at comcast.net wrote:
>> A crazy thing is happning on my computer. I'm getting unasked for,
>> full pages of graphic porn -- gay, s & M, etc, unasked and
>> uninvited. It changes my browser to Firefox, also unasked for.
>> what's going on and do I eliminate it?
>
>
> She is on a Mac running OS 10.4. I believe her usual browser is
> Safari. She's not very tech-savvy, but if anyone has a good idea to
> try, I can try to help her through it.
>
> Please Reply to All so she and I are both in the loop.
>
> Thanks!
> -- 

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