{"id":2768,"date":"2011-05-18T15:21:12","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T22:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2016-02-12T10:03:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T18:03:07","slug":"applecare-overwhelmed-by-calls-about-fake-antivirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/applecare-overwhelmed-by-calls-about-fake-antivirus\/","title":{"rendered":"AppleCare Overwhelmed by Calls About Fake Antivirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/macdefender-macsecurity-now-macprotector-latest-version-of-fake-antivirus-targeting-mac-users\/\">MacDefender, MacSecurity and MacProtector fake antivirus<\/a> spreading through poisoned Google images searches, more and more Mac users are getting stung by this scam. Ed Bott on ZDNet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/blog\/bott\/an-applecare-support-rep-talks-mac-malware-is-getting-worse\/3342?pg=1\">spoke to an AppleCare representative<\/a> who explained just how widespread this is. He says, &#8220;Our call volume here at AppleCare is 4-5x higher than normal and [the overwhelming majority] of our calls are about this Mac Defender and its aliases.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Our information at Intego is similar. We are contacted by a huge number of customers who are worried about this fake antivirus, and have dozens of samples, including a number of variants of the scareware. <\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"893\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/malware-mac-finder2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"malware-mac-finder2\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/malware-mac-finder2.jpg 893w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/malware-mac-finder2-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/malware-mac-finder2-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Remember, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/mac-security-tip-when-you-should-enter-your-password-in-mac-os-x\/\">think twice when you enter your administrator&#8217;s password<\/a>, and protect yourself from this and the many other dangers of the Internet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/virusbarrier\/\">VirusBarrier X6<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-download\">\n<p class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/demo?blog2\">Download 30-day free trial<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/demo?blog2\">Protect your Mac from malware<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/demo?blog2\">Download a free 30-day trial version of VirusBarrier X6 and save $5<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s support center is getting a huge number of phone calls about the fake antivirus that is currently targeting Mac users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[190],"tags":[2725,54,86],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.4 - 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