Keystroke logging applications can only be deemed safe by the slimmest of margins, with the only relatively benign use case being about parental monitoring of kids’ computing. In the vast majority of situations, though, these are outright dangerous programs designed and distributed by cybercriminals. A recent outbreak of osx_refogkeylogger.msgkd15 malware, as it’s being detected by mainstream Mac antivirus tools, is both a nuisance and a potential privacy risk that requires urgent action on the user’s end.

You’ve got a MacBook Pro? Good for you. With this amazing laptop, you have hefty processing power, fascinating display graphics, priority tech support and the whole ensuing prestige at your fingertips. However, even though it’s a high-end device, cybercrooks have plenty of “lock picking” mechanisms to infiltrate it behind the scenes. This article sheds light on the prevalent types of viruses targeting MacBook Pro notebook computers and provides applicable cleaning techniques.

As computer technologies advance, Apple’s laptops continue to be in vogue and boast remarkable productivity combined with sleek design and the unparalleled macOS on board. Also dubbed subnotebook computers, these devices are immensely popular across the globe, no wonder cybercriminals are targeting them on a large scale. This entry describes the common types of malicious programs infecting MacBook Air machines and provides effective removal tips.

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.

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.