Are Macs Immune to Malware? The Surprising Truth
Yes, MACs also get infected with malware and viruses. It’s nothing new that Apple devices are infected with cyber threats. However, Apple’s efforts to improve the security of MacOS continue to make it a much less vulnerable operating system than Microsoft’s Windows, which is a common and permanent target of potential threats.
“Access To This MAC Has Been Blocked” in detail
This fraudulent page displays a fake macOS security message (a fake security warning) claiming that access to this Mac has been blocked for security reasons. It says a computer has been infected with a spyware Trojan and that Facebook email credentials, banking passwords and login information have been compromised.
This site encourages visitors to call a 1-800 number, (supposedly “Mac Support”). The scammers behind tech support scams try to extract credit card data, ID, or other sensitive data, or urge people to pay for fake (or unnecessary) products or services.
In addition, scammers use tech support scams to gain remote access to computers. They ask users to install TeamViewer, UltraViewer, AnyDesk, or a similar remote administration tool. Once they have access to computers, they can steal information, infect them with malware (e.g. ransomware, cryptocurrency mining malware), and perform other malicious activities
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Pay attention to the following information that we provide below:
- Misspellings and unprofessional images: Closely inspect the information displayed in a pop-up window. Spelling mistakes and unprofessional images can be a sign of scam.
- Sense of urgency: There is a timer with a countdown of a couple of minutes, asking you to enter your personal information or subscribe to some online service.
- Statements that you won something: If you have not participated in a lottery, online competition, etc., and you see a pop-up indicating that you won.
- Computer or mobile device scanning: A pop-up window that scans your device and reports on detected issues, is undoubtedly a scam: web pages cannot perform such actions.
- Exclusivity: Pop-ups that indicate that only you have secret access to a financial scheme that can quickly enrich you.
Ultimately, Apple has its own built-in anti-malware tool. Apple has all the malware definitions in its XProtect file which sits on your Mac, and every time you download a new application it checks that none of those definitions are present. This is part of Apple’s Gatekeeper software that blocks apps created by malware developers and verifies that apps haven’t been tampered with.
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