In-fact when Reed himself tried it out on a sandboxed machine to see how the infection might work, it didn’t appear to do anything. If you were to go ahead and install Advanced Mac Cleaner, you wouldn’t notice anything wrong initially. It’s mechanism of infection is a simple one: you have to go to its website and download the phony anti-malware tool. This latest malware was discovered by Thomas Reed, lead researcher over at anti-malware firm, MalwareBytes (via 9to5Mac). While it never was 100 percent true, today Mac users face many more threats than they once did, and a new one doing the rounds is looking to trick you into installing Advanced Mac Cleaner. Fitbit Versa 3Īlthough the Mac platform might once have been touted as one that’s devoid of all viruses and malware, that’s certainly not the case any more.
