In the way, the file-sharing website can earn commissions according to Pay-per-install or Pay-per-download policy. When user installs a media player, Java Player, update for web browser and other apps through this installer, numerous advertising-based software related with Macbook Pro virus will be installed without the consent. These websites usually make a customized installer for all the freeware they provide for free download. It is known that most of third-party file-sharing websites earn money through spreading software of affiliate network they join. Our researchers have confirmed that the cause of Macbook Pro virus infection is the free software bundle. How could it be so audacious! That is all because that this is a redirect virus, and it could hijacker the web browser.
It is very easy to find out that the computer is infected with the Macbook Pro virus, because you needn’t find it by yourself and it will appear in front of you automatically after you start up the browser. It doesn’t mean that it will charge money from the users directly, but it does get paid by redirecting users to visit harmful webpages. Macbook Pro virus will appear on the web browser to promote itself as a search page so that it could win many users’ attentions and make profits from them. However, it's undoubtedly a sign that more M1-native malware is on the horizon.Categories: Browser Redirect, Browser Hijacker, Adware
Thankfully, for the few that already own an Apple Silicon Mac, the GoSearch22 threat doesn’t seem too dangerous. Apple only introduced its first M1 Macs in November, and the ARM-based chip is currently limited to the latest models of the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini.
The first M1 malware has likely arrived sooner than many expected, as hackers typically look to exploit lucrative targets. “They can easily detect the Intel-x86 version, but failed to detect the ARM-M1 version, even though the code is logically identical.”Īpple has yet to respond to Wardle's findings, but the the company has revoked the GoSearch22 certificate. “Certain defensive tools like antivirus engines struggle to process this 'new' binary file format,” Wardle says. What’s more, Wardle says that a number of current antivirus systems that could spot the Intel versions of the Pirrit virus failed to identify the M1 version.
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