OSX/MacDefender is a series of Fake Antivirus malware programs that tricked users into installing the program with fake online AV scans served via search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning [1]. Once installed it redirected users to adult websites and was capable of stealing credit card information [1]. Originally detected on 2 May, 2011 by Intego, Apple updated the XProtect signature with Security Update 2011-003 on 31, May 2011. This patch also included a feature to check for new XProtect signatures daily [2].

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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Defender