Search Marquis is a demonstrative example of this trend, acting as a browser hijacker that intercepts and reroutes a victim’s web traffic in a forcible way. The former two categories prevail over the rest in this landscape.
Machines running macOS are being constantly shelled by adware, fake optimization utilities, and even relatively exotic pests such as coin miners and ransomware. Fast forward to present day, and the big picture has changed dramatically. There were hardly any threats potent enough to get around the user authorization barriers and the built-in protection mechanisms.
Macs were a nearly malware-free territory a decade ago. Redirects Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox to displays “Your computer is low on memory” fake alerts
