The "Apple Security Trojan Warning" Scam Tricks Countless Computer Users

The "Apple Security Trojan Warning" scam is a misleading pop-up message that may appear on a computer where it attempts to trick computer users into thinking that their system has a security warning where a Trojan horse has been detected. The major misleading part of this scam is that the affected computer probably does have malware present but not the Trojan that the message displays.

The "Apple Security Trojan Warning" scam is like many other types of pop-up scams as it attempts to get computer users to click on the message as a method of generating clicks or impressions for monetary gain. The "Apple Security Trojan Warning" scam may be utilized by an ad network that hackers have created to push impressions and clicks to make money.

Those that encounter the "Apple Security Trojan Warning" scam should never click on the message as it could cause redirects to malicious sites or ones with questionable content. Furthermore, clicking on the "Apple Security Trojan Warning" scam message may prompt the download of malware or initiate a malicious script from the website that the message comes from. Lastly, it is best that computer users that see the "Apple Security Trojan Warning" scam message scan their system for malware using an antimalware program, so they are sure that a threat is not causing the "Apple Security Trojan Warning" scam message to render.