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		mcastner on May 25, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Mac Defender malware variant drops admin passw... If you look at the removal process in the support document from Apple it doesn't really look all that bad: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4650 Just kill the process and delete the .app file. Compared to Windows malware this is a breeze to remove.

lurkinggrue on May 25, 2011 [–]

I am sure the next ones will not be as hard to get rid of.

oseoa on May 26, 2011 | [–]

since this one is easy to remove, I am assuming you meant to say 'as easy to get rid of.'

lurkinggrue on May 26, 2011 | | [–]

(Slaps forehead) Damn, yeah that is what I meant. This is a problem that will probably get worse.

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