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Download SpyHunter (FREE Trial!)*Ransomware, Macs continue to be bombarded by new and emerging malware threats, even Ransomware.</p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p4" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <p>Mac malware comes in all forms, similar to that of the popular threats that attack Windows PC.</p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p5" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <p><strong>Popular types of Mac threats:</strong></p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p6" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <ul> <li><a title="Adware Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/adware/">Adware <li><a title="Backdoors Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/backdoors/">Backdoors <li><a title="Browser Hijackers Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/browser-hijackers/">Browser Hijackers</a></li> <li><a title="Malware Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/malware/">Malware <li><a title="Potentially Unwanted Programs Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/potentially-unwanted-programs/">Potentially Unwanted Programs</a></li> <li><a title="Ransomware Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/ransomware/">Ransomware <li><a title="Trojan Horse Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/trojans/">Trojan Horse</a></li> <li><a title="Viruses Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/viruses/">Viruses </ul> <p>According to 9to5 Mac, there have been about 30 million downloads of a specific Adware app called <a title="NewTab Removal Report" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/osxnewtab-removal">NewTab on Mac devices just in the year 2019. The NewTab app continues to be an annoyance for Mac computers where the deceptive app will infiltrate the Safari Web browser and is known to cause issues outside of Safari through deceptive propagation methods to spread.</p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p7" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <p>AV-TEST, an independent IT-Security company, also revealed how Mac OS malware tripled in 2018 from the previous year alone, as demonstrated in their chart below. Furthermore, Mac malware continues on an upward trend through 2020 and into 2021 prompting computer security experts from trusted sources to sternly warn Mac computer users to take precautions and utilize antimalware tools made available to them.</p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p8" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <p><a href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/images/2021/2019-mac-malware-increase-chart.jpg"> <span style="font-weight: 400">Atlas VPN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> partnered with AV-TEST to provide an in-depth analysis of Mac Malware behavior in 2020, with the forecast for 2021. Similar to what was mentioned above, the number of threats intended for macOS has only grown. In fact, investigators have found that, on average, throughout 2020, security products detected 1,847 new Mac threats a day.</span></p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p_middle" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Compare this to the full report of 2019 Mac Malware: 55,556 instances of Mac threats were detected in 2019, and the number skyrocketed to 674,273 in 2020. It means that just within a year, we saw a 1,092% increase in Mac Malware. Of course, Windows still remains the main playground for malware creators, and the Mac threats developments cannot even compare to the numbers we see in Windows malware reports, but the sheer increase in Mac infections clearly shows that malware developers find new ways to enter macOS, which has been deemed to be impenetrable for many years.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Also, creating malware has become easier, as a lot of things are now ready-made. If hackers and cybercriminals used to have to make everything from scratch before, these days, they can purchase malware codes that can be tweaked according to their liking. In other words, it is a lot easier to make a new threat, and you don’t even need extensive programming skills for that.</span></p> <p><a href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/images/2021/macos-malware-2012-2021-development.jpg"> Ransomware, Macs continue to be bombarded by new and emerging malware threats, even Ransomware.</p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p4" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <p>Mac malware comes in all forms, similar to that of the popular threats that attack Windows PC.</p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p5" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <p><strong>Popular types of Mac threats:</strong></p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p6" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <ul> <li><a title="Adware Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/adware/">Adware <li><a title="Backdoors Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/backdoors/">Backdoors <li><a title="Browser Hijackers Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/browser-hijackers/">Browser Hijackers</a></li> <li><a title="Malware Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/malware/">Malware <li><a title="Potentially Unwanted Programs Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/potentially-unwanted-programs/">Potentially Unwanted Programs</a></li> <li><a title="Ransomware Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/ransomware/">Ransomware <li><a title="Trojan Horse Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/trojans/">Trojan Horse</a></li> <li><a title="Viruses Removal and Analysis" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/threat-database/viruses/">Viruses </ul> <p>According to 9to5 Mac, there have been about 30 million downloads of a specific Adware app called <a title="NewTab Removal Report" href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/osxnewtab-removal">NewTab on Mac devices just in the year 2019. The NewTab app continues to be an annoyance for Mac computers where the deceptive app will infiltrate the Safari Web browser and is known to cause issues outside of Safari through deceptive propagation methods to spread.</p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p7" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <p>AV-TEST, an independent IT-Security company, also revealed how Mac OS malware tripled in 2018 from the previous year alone, as demonstrated in their chart below. Furthermore, Mac malware continues on an upward trend through 2020 and into 2021 prompting computer security experts from trusted sources to sternly warn Mac computer users to take precautions and utilize antimalware tools made available to them.</p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p8" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <p><a href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/images/2021/2019-mac-malware-increase-chart.jpg"> <span style="font-weight: 400">Atlas VPN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> partnered with AV-TEST to provide an in-depth analysis of Mac Malware behavior in 2020, with the forecast for 2021. Similar to what was mentioned above, the number of threats intended for macOS has only grown. In fact, investigators have found that, on average, throughout 2020, security products detected 1,847 new Mac threats a day.</span></p><div class="rotatead-container" data-group="location:p_middle" data-title="Mac Malware"></div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Compare this to the full report of 2019 Mac Malware: 55,556 instances of Mac threats were detected in 2019, and the number skyrocketed to 674,273 in 2020. It means that just within a year, we saw a 1,092% increase in Mac Malware. Of course, Windows still remains the main playground for malware creators, and the Mac threats developments cannot even compare to the numbers we see in Windows malware reports, but the sheer increase in Mac infections clearly shows that malware developers find new ways to enter macOS, which has been deemed to be impenetrable for many years.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Also, creating malware has become easier, as a lot of things are now ready-made. If hackers and cybercriminals used to have to make everything from scratch before, these days, they can purchase malware codes that can be tweaked according to their liking. In other words, it is a lot easier to make a new threat, and you don’t even need extensive programming skills for that.</span></p> <p><a href=https://www.enigmasoftware.com/threat-database/mac-malware/2/"/images/2021/macos-malware-2012-2021-development.jpg">
Skip to content# | Threat Name |
Severity Level
Severity Level: The determined severity level of an object, represented
numerically, based on our risk modeling process and research, as explained in our
Threat Assessment Criteria.
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Alias(es) |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
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1. | VirtualActivity | |||
2. | SearchUp | |||
3. | Genieo | 0 % (Normal) |
MacOS:Genieo-AC [Adw] Artemis Artemis!04C896E2806A |
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4. | SearchBrowserSky | |||
5. | MAC Defender | |||
6. | AbsoluteValue | 20 % (Normal) | 5 | |
7. | CenterNow | |||
8. | Propprethosnis | |||
9. | WebScheduler | |||
10. | MaxOfferDeal | |||
11. | ZShlayer | |||
12. | Convuster | |||
13. | Sins1.xyz | |||
14. | MainSearchBoard | |||
15. | FilterSoftware | |||
16. | 'wants access to control Safari.app' | |||
17. | UnitNetwork | |||
18. | CrossRider | 10 % (Normal) |
Crossrider.WFB Trj/Genetic.gen Trojan[Downloader:HEUR]/Win32.AGeneric |
225,066 |
19. | EggShell | |||
20. | Analyzer File | |||
21. | Firesear.ch | |||
22. | OperativeMachine | |||
23. | 'LauncherSetup will damage your computer' Message | |||
24. | 'RecordMapperd Will Damage Your Computer' Message | |||
25. | Penit.xyz | |||
26. | MacOS.Opener.U | |||
27. | BeAware | |||
28. | Trojan.MacOS.Ravir | 90 % (High) | 4 | |
29. | MajorSearchLetter | |||
30. | PortalFlow |
Last updated: 2023-07-03