This Combo Cleaner review gives informative insights into the app’s Mac optimization and antivirus features while singling out its main pros and cons.
This review of MacBooster 8 comprehensively covers the app’s updated feature set and answers the question whether or not the new version is worth its salt.
Find out how to tell if your Mac has a virus, what to do in case of infection, and how to prevent different forms of malware from contaminating a Mac.
Having previously provided general information on Mac computers and what is most likely to go wrong with those, Eli now does a step-by-step overview of how to find out specific details about the hardware and software configuration of one’s machine as well as the serial number, dwelling in particular on what the latter can be used for. In addition to technical specifications, you learn how to look up warranty data online.
Various nuances of dealing with Mac computers in terms of troubleshooting and repair are being scrutinized and explained by Eli the Computer Guy in this entry. Here the tech expert provides a comparison of Windows workstations and Macs with regard to complexity of fixing and typical issues that are most likely to occur. Furthermore, Eli gives a walkthrough on some of the essential properties of Mac user interface.
Providing a yet deeper insight into methods for avoiding forensics while using Mac OS X, the Grugq enumerates several more attack vectors, including those associated with zero width Unicode, application file formats, browser cookies and SQLite. In conclusion, the researcher highlights some essential anti-forensics recommendations overall, and answers a few questions from the HIRBSecConf attendees on the topic.
Continuing the review of Mac OS X in the context of anti-forensics methodology, the Grugq delves here into file system attacks, in particular focusing on exploitable aspects of HFS+. The researcher provides an analysis of this file system’s components and makes an insight into the essence of B*tree nodes and data forks, singling out the ways to use those while conducting HFS+ attacks.
The Grugq, a well-known anti-forensics researcher with substantial computer security background, outlines the key issues related to counter-forensics for the OS X platform while participating in HIRBSecConf event. During this presentation entitled “How the Leopard Hides His Spots”, the Grugq, in particular, describes the techniques that help evade application-level file format attacks, HFS-specific attacks, SQLite-based attacks, etc., based on his previous experience.
Some Mac applications do what’s promised, but some only pretend to be useful. The activity of Advanced Mac Cleaner definitely doesn’t exceed the primitive mimicking of optimization as it reports inexistent issues. The mix of intimidation and deceit, as viewed by this app’s authors, is the right marketing strategy to ensure license purchases in exchange for dummy cleanup of the host system.
When confronted with the Chill Tab browser hijacker, Mac machine users feel frustrated and helpless because the problem won’t go away no matter what manual cleanup techniques they leverage. This potentially unwanted program (PUP) changes Safari, Chrome, Mozilla and other browsers settings on a compromised Mac computer so that the victim is stuck with browser redirects and annoying popups.
The malefactors at the helm of the brand new Mac Auto Fixer scareware wave appear to have adopted an interested tactic. They are switching to new pseudo Mac maintenance products more frequently than before. It took the crooks only about a week to replace the preceding infection called Mac Tonic with the fresh one in question. This means the detection may be harder, but we are going to show you how to sort things out no matter which variant you are confronted with.