On 9/6/2014, 6:53 PM, JB wrote:
I would like to clarify the part about the attack from MacKeeper
preventing me from accessing my bank account. I mentioned
that I was also taken to MacKeeper instead of the websites I
wanted to go to.
The attempt to go to other websites was done from my home
page which was Google.
The attempt to access my bank account was done from my
banks web site which is Bank of America. I would click the
button to sign in and instead of taking me to the next sign in
step I would see advertisements preventing me from logging
into my account.
This sounds much like a DNS changer trojan. It redirects your internet
browsing to other fake sites, usually to scrape your passwords and login
data. Neither Google or your bank would be the culprit; instead
something would have changed the DNS settings on your computer.
MacKeeper is probaby not the problem. It's gotten a bad rap from some
users but authorities say it's legitimate and does what it's supposed
to. MacDefender, however, is malware and is sometimes confused with
MacKeeper. There is other similar malware out there too. If you have
kept up with system updates, OS X has a built-in security scan that
eliminates MacDefender, but you may have contracted something else.
The main point here is that the web sites you visited aren't the
problem. The problem is more likely on your computer, and it sounds like
something is redirecting your web browsing to other look-alike sites.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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