“For a long time, Apple shied away from discussing any types of malware: viruses, trojan horses, even adware,” Kirk McElhearn writes for Kirksville. “This latter form of malware is also called ad-injection software, and, as Apple says, “’come from third-party download sites.’ This can result in annoying ads popping up on your Mac, or being inserted into web pages.” “Again, quoting Apple: ‘If your Mac has ad-injection software installed, you might see pop-up windows, ads, and graphics while surfing the web, even if ‘Block pop-up windows’ is selected in Safari preferences. Ad-injection software might also change your homepage and preferred search engine,'” McElhearn writes. “Apple has created a technical document,, explaining how to get rid of these annoyances.” Read more in the full article. MacDailyNews Note: Regarding iOS malvertising, please see: • – March 18, 2015 • – January 16, 2015. What mentally deranged person WANTS adware?
Adware = malware, period. If you want more ads in your life, then go to MDN or google or facebook web pages. Mac users should never have to deal with unwanted software like this, period. Apple has the means to clean it up without the need for 3rd party antivirus software. Remember, Apple users spent the last 30 years laughing at the antivirus stuff Windows users had to deal with. Now the Mac platform is being actively degraded by malware and you propose that Apple should just let users deal with it? That’s stupid.
What adware that 'just' displays ads means for Mac os x security Adware, especially adware targeting Mac OS X, isn’t considered a major security issue compared to the more complex and menacing threats security professionals face. Apple has created a technical document, Remove unwanted adware that displays pop-up ads and graphics on your Mac, explaining how to get rid of these annoyances. But it’s not that simple. But it’s not that simple.
If ‘The Singularity’ nightmare ever becomes real, and human beings become integrated with computers, SkinVertising could become real. I think I’d head for the nearest tall building and jump if that happened. There’s a rather cheesy B movie about something similar: ‘ Hardwired‘. Victims are shown virtual advertising 24-7 via a chip shoved into the back of their brain.
The marketing maniac baddies are suitably served justice in the end. The chip is destroyed.
Note that some ‘adware’ is supposedly acceptable to certain people. Therefore, it’s iffy as to whether such stuff is malware or not. The line is crossed, IMHO, if the victim is social engineered into installing it.
If a person does not explicitly REQUEST the ‘adware’, IOW checks ON the installation (as opposed to it being pre-checked for them), then it’s MALWARE IMHO. It’s Marketing Morons at work ruining their customer’s lives. Not acceptable. Not professional. Seek and destroy. My usual mini-lecture on the subject of adware: 1) Only use respectable Mac app download sites.
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Those are, IMHO within my personal knowledge: – A) MacUpdate – B) Major Geeks I use both and recommend both. Photo filter software for mac. I know the guys who run both websites and trust them. Every other up-to-date Mac app download site I’ve encountered is either intensely lame or abuses its victims with adware infliction.
Fujitsu scansnap for mac. Please correct me if I’m wrong! 2) Go download and regularly run Adware Medic from my colleague Thomas Reed. It’s free (donationware). Thomas is fanatical and brilliant about identifying, discussing and killing off adware.