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Time to re-evaluate safety of Mac OS X
My Mac Malware Guide has, for some time, made the claim that a properly up-to-date Mac OS X system cannot be infected by any known malware. This was true at one point, with some provisos, when that text was originally written. However, recent cases of malware that has failed to be blocked by the XProtect anti-malware system…
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Mac anti-virus testing 2014
Update: Many people have completely ignored some of the cautionary information mentioned in the Scope section, and have erroneously assumed that the anti-virus apps at the top of the test results are the best to use overall. For this reason, I will not be repeating these tests. Feel free to read on to see the results…
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How does your Mac NOT protect you?
I spend a lot of time telling people about how their Mac protect them from malware. I have even written an entire section on the topic in my Mac Malware Guide. So it may be a bit surprising that I seem to be suddenly turning around and saying the opposite. That’s not the case, though. The…
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What is Gatekeeper?
With the recent news coverage of the Pintsized malware, which infected high-profile targets like Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, much has been said in passing about Gatekeeper. Specifically, a number of news reports have mentioned how Pintsized was able to get past Gatekeeper. Unfortunately, these reports have mentioned this fact without any real understanding of what…