I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 385. Here are my solutions to them.
1: A cross to defend now comes in three varieties.
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XProtect
A cross (X) to defend (to protect) now comes in three varieties (classic XProtect on-demand malware scan, Remediator daily scans, and Behavioural using Bastion rules).
2: Access controller or Pyronia tithonus checks code at launch.
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Gatekeeper
Access controller (a gatekeeper) or Pyronia tithonus (the European gatekeeper butterfly) checks code at launch (what it does in macOS).
3: High capacity fast metro protection until 2022.
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MRT
High capacity fast metro (Mass Rapid Transit) protection (it scanned for and removed known malware) until 2022 (when it was superseded by XProtect Remediator).
The common factor
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They are security protection systems provided in macOS, primarily guarding against malware.
I look forward to your putting alternative cases.
