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Apple releases Mac OS X Lion – Sophos users are protected

20

Jul

2011

After the usual protracted period of speculation and rumour, Apple finally launched the latest version of Mac OS X today. Code-named “Lion”, version 10.7 is the first update to the ten-year-old operating system since Snow Leopard in 2009. I’m very pleased to announce that our currently shipping versions of Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac – both […]

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Notes on internal MacOS anti-malware tool (aka XProtect)

02

Jul

2011

On August 28, 2009, Apple released Snow Leopard. One of new functions added to this version is basic anti-malware tool called “XProtect”. The name is based on the name of one .plist file which contains strings that are necessary for detection. Apple had not provided a name for the tool, so developers made it. Latest […]

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Apple releases Mac OS X version 10.6.8 with many security fixes

24

Jun

2011

Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.8 for Snow Leopard (Security Update 2011-004). Among many improvements it also addresses many security vulnerabilities in the operating system. The 10.6.8 release also protects against the latest Mac Defender malware and its known variants, including “Mac Security”, “Mac Protector” and “MacGuard”. This problem was initially addressed in the […]

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