Yes, scare ware, kind of phishing, in that they want your card details for nefarious purposes.
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/19/macdefender-malware-protection-and-removal-guide/ regards Russell ---------------------------------------------------------- Manor Park Medical Centre www.manorparksurgery.com Tel 01323482301 East Sussex Local Medical Committee (Chair) www.sslmcs.co.uk/ Tel 01372389270 ---------------------------------------------------------- Have your say about NHS market reforms Visit www.lookafterournhs.org.uk On 24 May 2011 11:55, andrew lancaster <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. My iMac just downloaded this when I was looking at another site. A > screen came up saying that my Mac was infected with a Trojan and there was a > button to press "continue". > > I didn't "continue" and don't know anything about this programme. How come > it downloaded itself? Has anyone heard of it? > > It struck me as worrying...? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
