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Title: Controversial MacKeeper security program opens critical hole on Mac computers Post by: HCK on May 12, 2015, 03:00:13 am Controversial MacKeeper security program opens critical hole on Mac computers
<article> <section class="page"> <p>A critical vulnerability in MacKeeper, a controversial security program for Mac computers, could let attackers execute malicious commands on Macs when their owners visit specially crafted Web pages.</p><p>MacKeeper’s developers acknowledged the recently discovered problem and released a fix for it Friday, saying in a blog post (http://mackeeper.com/blog/post/101) that users should run MacKeeper Update Tracker and install version 3.4.1 or later. [Editor's note: We have instructions on how to uninstall the MacKeeper (http://www.macworld.com/article/2861435/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-from-your-mac.html) app and how to stop MacKeeper notifications from appearing in Safari (http://www.macworld.com/article/2861868/how-to-remove-mackeeper-part-ii-the-pop-up-edition.html).]</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2921212/controversial-mackeeper-security-program-opens-critical-hole-on-mac-computers.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Controversial MacKeeper security program opens critical hole on Mac computers (http://www.macworld.com/article/2921212/controversial-mackeeper-security-program-opens-critical-hole-on-mac-computers.html#tk.rss_all) |