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Intego, the makers of the VirusBarrier anti-virus software for the Mac, has issued a security warning that the supposed anti-virus software MacGuard is in reality itself malicious software:

• INTEGO SECURITY MEMO - October 17, 2008
• Macworld: Intego warns against MacGuard malware
• MacGuard knows malware because it is malware

Created by the same company that makes a Windows™ package called Winiguard:

which is both a scam that attempts to sell useless software and a dangerous rouge tool that “hijacks the user’s desktop and typically displays exaggerated or false claims of spyware found to frighten the user into paying for the program,”

Regarding MacGuard:

The software may be dangerous to Mac OS X, and there is a risk that the company “selling” this software may be scamming users and some sources suggest that they may be using the credit card numbers they harvest for nefarious purposes.

Now available via Software Update in the Apple menu or via direct download from Apple’s download site, Security Update 2007-009 is a very significant update for Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 covering many aspects of the OS including Mail, AddressBook, printing and much more.

• About Security Update 2007-009
• Security Update 2007-009 (10.4.11 Universal)
• Security Update 2007-009 (10.4.11 PPC)
• Security Update 2007-009 (10.5.1)

Apple has released three updates, all available via Software Update in the Apple menu:

• Java for Mac OS X, Release 5 v5.0
• Security Update 2007-002 v1.0
• Daylight Saving Time Update v1.0

The Security update addresses a handful of issues from the recent “Month of Apple Bugs” and the Daylight Saving Time update corrects the built-in adjustment rules for the changes introduced by the government for this year.

Apple has posted the promised update to Front Row, supporting updates to iTunes and iPhoto and a significant security update, all currently available only via Software Update.

The Front Row update adds support for playing Shared Music, Photos and Movies residing on other Macs on your home network. It is only available on machines that shipped with the Apple IR remote control. The updates to iTunes (6.0.4) and iPhoto (6.0.2) presumably include support for the new Front Row shared media feature.

Security Update 2006-001 (details) includes a laundry list of fixes including closing the “open safe files” loophole used by the recent proof-of-concept worm/trojan horse and a change to iChat to prevent its use to distribute malicious software.

This is a significant security update so its probably a good idea to install it sooner rather than later.

06-Mar-01 UPDATE: Security Update 2006-001 should fix this issue.

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