Sophos

Troj/MacSwp-B

Aliases
  • OSX_MACSWEEP.B
  • OSX/Imunizator
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Macintosh
Included in our products from May 2008 (4.29)
Protection available since 27 March 2008 16:37:24 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/MacSwp-B is a Trojan for the Apple OSX platform.

When run, regardless of the state of the computer, Troj/MacSwp-B fraudulently claims that it has found several privacy violations. Users are then prompted to purchase Troj/MacSwp-B if they want it to "clean up" their system.

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