{"id":2894,"date":"2011-06-03T17:39:13","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T00:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2016-02-12T09:54:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T17:54:24","slug":"macdefender-changes-name-again-now-macshield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/macdefender-changes-name-again-now-macshield\/","title":{"rendered":"MacDefender Changes Name Again: Now MacShield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The people behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/may2\">MacDefender fake antivirus<\/a> are keeping very busy.  The latest variant has yet another name: after MacDefender, MacProtector, MacSecurity and MacGuard, say hello to MacShield.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/virusbarrier\/\">Intego VirusBarrier X6<\/a>, with its current threat filters, detected this variant without the need for an update,  because of the multiple techniques it uses to detect malware. So if you use VirusBarrier X6, you can be sure you&#8217;ll be protected from this and other variants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"681\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/MacShield-alert.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"MacShield-alert\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/MacShield-alert.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/MacShield-alert-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/MacShield-alert-100x35.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/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>Yet another variant of the MacDefender fake antivirus with a new name: MacShield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[190],"tags":[54,2689,2698,86],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.4 - 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