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Mac malware has made the leap to Facebook and is now spreading virally, claiming to be a video of IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

beware: The fake anti-virus attack first appears in your timeline as a message apparently posted by one of your friends.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/mac-defender-malware-now-spreading-virally-via-facebook/13064?tag=nl.e589

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Fix #2011-003 is already available:

http://support.apple.com/downloads/

Apple did commit a grievous error in initially downplaying the virus and also instructing telephone support to shrug it off. Not cool.

The good news is that users would actually have to install the virus in order for it to take over, but some people are wacky and will click on any old menu that comes up.

--Marc W.

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