So what does Shlayer malware look like? It is often delivered in the form of a fake Adobe Flash Player installer. Malware Adobe Flash Player is dead, yet 10% of Macs are infected with fake Flash malwareĪ recent report (covered by Ars Technica, WIRED, and others) claims that OSX/Shlayer- first discovered by Intego in February 2018-continues to be the most prolific Mac malware in the wild, with 1 in 10 Macs infected by it.Īlthough Intego does not currently maintain infection rate statistics of VirusBarrier X9 customers, our malware research team can confirm that Shlayer may be found far and wide: in high-ranking Google search results, in deceptive in-browser advertisements and alerts, on expired domains that have been purchased by malware distributors, and more.
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