HT202225: How to avoid or remove Mac Defender malware in Mac OS X v10.6 or earlier
Learn about How to avoid or remove Mac Defender malware in Mac OS X v10.6 or earlier
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Nov 16, 2013 9:45 AM in response to nicobelicby BDAqua,Can you describe what it's doing or what it is in more detail?
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Nov 16, 2013 10:03 AM in response to nicobelicby Alley_Cat,Have you done a Google search for "Spanish Police Virus"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIHpeWQkbhw
AC
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Nov 16, 2013 10:06 AM in response to BDAquaby nicobelic,welll ive done some research seems to be a spam from hackers asking for money.
I havent gone along with any of the instructions with the spam.It seems to be impossible to quit out which seems to be the main problem. Tried everything click red x, trying to turn the computer off and running the computer out of battery all have not worked.
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Nov 16, 2013 10:16 AM in response to nicobelicby BDAqua,Also...
See if you might have this malware redirecting DNS queries...
http://www.ehow.com/how_2128387_remove-osxrspluga-trojan-horse-mac.html
How to fix...
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071031114140862
Known DNSChanger address ranges. Source: dcwg.org
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/03/court-4-more-months-for-dnschanger-infected-p cs/
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Nov 16, 2013 10:18 AM in response to nicobelicby Alley_Cat,Don't pay them a thing. It's a scam.
It will have hijacked your browser or other functions.
Presumably as posting here you can view other pages or are you posting from a different computer?
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