[MacTUG] First 'rogue' Mac security tool discovered

[Marlon A. Griffith]

Security group F-Secure says it has discovered the first illicit security tool for the Mac platform, entitled MacSweeper. False security software has traditionally been a problem for Windows users, who encounter it through pop-ups and other online advertising. MacSweeper claims to clean a Mac of various forms of malware and spyware, but the program will find problems regardless of the actual state of a system, and then prompt users to pay for a full version of the tool.

http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/15/rogue.mac.security.tool/