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MacSweeper
MacSweeper is a rogue application that misleads users by exaggerating reports about spyware, adware or viruses on their computer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2008-011613-5206-99&tabid=1 )〕 It is the first known "rogue" application for the Mac OS X operating system. The software was discovered by F-Secure, a Finland-based computer security software company on January 17, 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001362.html )〕
, the official website for the application, macsweeper.com, is offline, although the home page for KiVVi Software can still be accessed.
==Problems caused by MacSweeper==
MacSweeper could be downloaded through KiVVi software's (the company that makes the "rogue") website, as a drive-by download, or silently downloaded with another application. Once automatically installed, MacSweeper scans the computer and informs the user that many applications on their computer (such as iCal or Dashboard, safe pre-installed Apple applications) are "fat binaries or trash" and must be slimmed immediately. When the unsuspecting user tries to "Remove Objects", they are told that the trial version downloaded cannot delete the supposed trash. Then the user must provide credit card details to the company for a $39.99 "lifetime subscription serial key".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2008-011613-5206-99&tabid=2 )〕
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