Virus on Ipad

Security Concerns over Virus on Ipad
The age of a new generation of computing machines has arrived. Thanks to the ingenuity of people who introduced the apple ipad. The ipad has become an ubiquitous gadget used not only by facebooking adults but also by young users as young as preschoolers who use apple store applications to learn basic language and mathematical skills. The new-found fame of this apple tablet has inevitably led to security concerns over virus on ipad. Will virus and malware attacks on conventional computers replicate as infection and attacks of virus on ipad?


Can Ipads get viruses?

Can an ipad get a virus? Users of ipad, iphones and ipod touch must observe safe browsing and computing practices particularly those with jailbroken devices because according to Apple, users who install their own software without apple's protection can have their information stolen or unwittingly download malwares by clicking on certain PDF files. *

The possibility of an ipad virus thus, is not remote and it is not impossible that malware creators may be successful in exploiting security holes to compromise idevices and inject malwares and viruses on ipad.

Ipad Antivirus
To date, no large scale virus ipad attack has yet been reported and apple still considers it unnecessary to have an antivirus for ipad.  More often than not, suspected symptoms of ipad virus such as screens that freeze turn out to be a hardware issue and not an ipad virus problem.

How to protect ipad from virus
It won't hurt to observe precaution when using your ipad.

1. Avoid downloading applications outside of the apple apps store.
2. Use Apple's standard and updated firmware.
3. Be cautious of opening, downloading and forwarding suspicious links and attachments such as those that are sent through your email.

*http://www.news-record.com/content/2011/07/08/article/security_holes_discovered_in_iphones_ipads

Mac Shield

The Mac sheild software can appear as an antivirus for Mac. Unfortunately, this is a fake software promoted by the mac shield virus. "Mac shield" is a fake software.

The mac shield antivirus won't protect your computer from security threats nor would paying for the macshield serial number remove malwares and viruses. If you are having issues with this Mac Shield malware, you may want to read this article on how to remove Mac Shield infection.

The Mac Shield Scam
Just like its predecessors, the Mac Guard and Mac Defender fake Mac antiviruses, the
mac sheild virus targets apple users who may fall into believing they need to pay for a Macshield download to remove threats in their system.

Do not buy mac shield software promoted by popups in your computer. Be cautious of paying for this macshield serial number because it won't secure your Mac from threats and malwares anyway.

Symptoms of this fake Mac Security software include causing your PC to show non existent security threats and then adverts that entice you to pay for the non working Mac Shield antivirus.

Mac Shield Removal: How to get rid of Mac Shield
For a step by step instruction on how to remove Mac Shield virus and other fake mac antiviruses, please refer to this post on Mac Protector. This will give you an idea how to delete mac shield from your Mac.

Mac Guard

The mac guard scam: Following the proliferation of fake mac antiviruses Mac Defender and Mac Protector, scammers have yet again released a new rogue software targeted to Mac users, the macguard. This article on the mac guard virus provides information on what is mac guard antivirus and how to remove macguard scam infection.

The mac guard software
The people behind the macguard virus has designed the mac guard malware to look like a legitimate software for people using apple computers. Unfortunately, this software is no working security guard for mac. Like regular windows based fake softwares, this rogue mac guard security software is characterized by popups showing fake system scans. The malware would then take you to a control center screen where you will be enticed to register and pay for the program. Do not trust the macguard malware.

Mac Guard removal: How to get rid of mac guard

If your system is infected by the mac gaurd malware, you are encouraged to get rid of “mac guard".

How to remove Macguard
Here's the steps on removing the mac guard malware.
1. Open Activity Monitor from the Utilities folder. Make sure the drop-down menu is set to "all processes."

2. Use the search field in Activity Monitor to search for Macguard.

3. Click on the Macguard process. Click the "Quit Process" button. Click "Force Quit."

4. Drag the Macguard program (installed in the Applications folder by default) to the Trash. Empty the Trash.

5. Remove MacProtecter from the Login Items for your Account in the OS X System Preferences (if it exists).

Apple Security Center

Scammers seemed to be focusing on mac users for rogue software attacks. Fake antiviruses such as MacDefender and Macprotector are being promoted through rogue Apple security center pages. This "Apple Security Centre" malware makes itself appear as legitimate by seemingly running a virus scan on your computer. The apple security hoax program would then display warnings of malwares that do not actually exist in your system.

To help protect your computer, apple web security have detected trojans and ready to remove them.

Symptoms of Apple Security Center Hijacker

This particular apple virus protection scam can appear as a legitimate scanner but you may notice that it runs in your web browser or email client. To stop or remove apple security center adverts, quit from using your browser or email client. Once you do, the fake scans and adverts will also likely stop showing up. The files flagged by this browser hijacker as infected may NOT also actually exist in your system.

Mac Protector

The mac protector security software is a fake antivirus supposedly for apple users. The rogue mac protector security tool is promoted through malicious adverts and misleading popups generated by the mac protector virus itself. A similar malware is the mac sheild. If you are having issues with the mac protector scam, you may want to read this article for information on how to remove macprotector virus.



What is macprotector? The Macprotector Scam
A clone of rogue antiviruses targeted to IOS / Mac users is the fake mac protector antivirus. Similar to most fake antiviruses, the macprotector virus and its predecessors Mac Defender, the mac shield virus and Mac Security are characterized by causing infected computers to show fake alerts. The macprotector virus advises that there are malware and security threats in a computer and gives the impression that the advertised mac protector antivirus software can remove the problem. The Malware Protector virus would then prompt a computer user to buy or pay for the Mac Protector software, which, unfortunately, is a non working software. Likely victims of this mac protector av scam are Mac users who believed their systems have been compromised by mac viruses, trojans and spywares and that this particular mac protector fake mac antivirus is the solution.

Removing the mac protector malware: How to remove Macprotector
1. Open Activity Monitor from the Utilities folder. Make sure the drop-down menu is set to "all processes."

2. Use the search field in Activity Monitor to search for MacProtector.

3. Click on the MacProtector process. Click the "Quit Process" button. Click "Force Quit."

4. Drag the MacProtector program (installed in the Applications folder by default) to the Trash. Empty the Trash.

5. Remove MacProtecter from the Login Items for your Account in the OS X System Preferences (if it exists).

Do tell your friends about this fake mac protector scam. This will help prevent the spread of the macprotector malware.

Fake Mac Security

Scammers have released a new fake computer security tool. This time though, it targets mac users via the rogue mac security software. This particular Mac security virus may appears as a mac internet security software but is in fact a fake program trying to scam people.

Symptoms of this mac secruity malware include causing PCs to show popups. This malicious program also give the impression that the computer has infections and security threats. Those who were led to believe that there mac computers have mac security vulnerabilities are then enticed to pay for this non working mac virus software.

Macdefender

The Macdefender antivirus is a software promoted as a security tool for Mac operating system. The Mac defender scam targets apple users who do not have an idea about this rogue application. This article gives information on how to remove Macdefender virus an infected system.

Macdefender Help Protect your PC: The Macdefender Scam
What is Macdefender virus? The Mac defender virus infection is a malware that can cause your PC to display exaggerated system scans and alerts. Macdefender protect and secure claims to have won many awards for the past decade. Interestingly the site was registered on March 2011. The twitter button on the site does not also lead to a working twitter account but to a page showing “popular tweets” about the Macdefender. A quick search in twitter also shows there are no entries providing positive feedback on Macdefender just yet.


Like most rogue softwares, the this malware is likely characterized by Macdefender popups promoting Macdefender license key. By causing your pc to display Macdefender Antivirus popups, this fake anti virus protection software can make you believe you need to buy Macdefender AV, a fake and non working virus and spyware protection program. It is not wise to deal with the developers/makers of Macdefender program. You can’t get free key for Macdefender antivirus software and do not even think about paying for this Mac defender key because this wont activate a software that will remove viruses and malwares in your PC.

Macdefender removal
You must consider removing Macdefender AV Virus for reason that this av virus can slow down you computer and thus affect your browsing activities. Fortunately, you can uninstall Macdefender av and you even have options to remove Macdefender free. This is how to get rid of Macdefender virus:

Getting rid of Macdefender: How do I get rid of Macdefender free?

Manual Macdefender removal can be done but you may opt to delete Macdefender using the malware removal tool Malwarebytes.This tool is popularly utilized as a fake antivirus removal tool. This has a free version that you can use as an Macdefender remove tool.

How to remove Macdefendermalware using Malwarebytes

* Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.
* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a check-mark is placed next to the following:

Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

* Click Finish.
* If an update is found, Malbytes anti malware will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. Reboot your computer if prompted.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.