These pieces of adware insert themselves directly into the browser, and they are analyzing and running even on secure sites like your bank, credit card site, and email, sending back data to their servers. If you don’t think this is a big deal, think again. You need to be careful what you download and what you click. You can’t just assume you are safe anymore because you’re on OS X. RELATED: and Others Bundle Superfish-Style HTTPS Breaking AdwareĪnd now download sites, fake ads for software on search engines, and sketchy applications are bundling adware and crapware into installers for legitimate software. And much of it is legal, because you get tricked into clicking the wrong thing during an installer. But the problem these days isn’t viruses that completely break your computer, it’s spyware, crapware, and adware that sneaks onto your computer, hijacks your browser, inserts ads, and tracks what you are looking at. Since it is actually Unix under the hood, OS X has some native protection against the worst types of viruses. Join us as we expose the truth about what’s really going on, and hopefully warn people about the impending doom. OS X users like to make fun of Windows users as the only ones that have a malware problem. But that’s simply not true anymore, and the problem has increased dramatically in the last few months.
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