Mac Defender Malware Strike

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So I clicked on an image in Google search and was brought to the infamous Mac Defender scan website...

My screenshot...

I force quit Safari and reset my cache so I'm safe I'd assume. The site showed my IP address but is that a security issue?

I'm running 10.6.7 and I'll update to 10.6.8 which "identifies and remove known variants of Mac Defender"

I guess I'm lucky by visiting MacRumors alot 😀

 

[Jagardn]

So I clicked on an image in Google search and was brought to the infamous Mac Defender scan website...

My screenshot...

Image

I force quit Safari and reset my cache so I'm safe I'd assume. The site showed my IP address but is that a security issue?

I'm running 10.6.7 and I'll update to 10.6.8 which "identifies and remove known variants of Mac Defender"

I guess I'm lucky by visiting MacRumors alot 😀

Every remote server knows what ip addresses connect to it, your fine. As long as you didn't put in your admin password it can't do anything.

 

[GGJstudios]

So I clicked on an image in Google search and was brought to the infamous Mac Defender scan website...

I force quit Safari and reset my cache so I'm safe I'd assume. The site showed my IP address but is that a security issue?

Your IP address is public. Any site you visit has access to it, such as http://whatismyipaddress.com

Mac Virus/Malware Info​

The first section of that link deals specifically with the MacDefender/MacSecurity/MacProtector/MacGuard issue. I encourage you to read it.