How macOS security can have excellent tools and defences, but fail to inform the user of the detection of malicious software.
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macOS may alert you when you’re trying to open or run a file, with an alert informing you that malware was detected. But what about in scans?
Changes in Endpoint Security in Ventura allow it to be used to monitor the results of anti-malware scans performed by XProtect Remediator. Are they better than the log?
Fixes a problem exporting log entries in CSV format, and provides information about current log length. Happy Boxing Day!
Over the last 6 months, many users have wanted to check XProtect anti-malware scans in their Mac’s log. Haven’t they been disappointed?
Does your Mac’s log go back far enough to be useful, or is it full of junk? Here’s how to control what takes up space, and a new version of Mints to help.
Checking your Mac’s log assumes that the records are still there. What happens when they only last 24 hours, and you’re looking for anti-malware scans run once a day?
Adds a button to automatically retrieve the log reports of all scans completed by XProtect Remediator over the last 24 hours.
How to hunt key log entries for an unknown process, how you can discover whether XProtect Remediator is scanning your Mac, and how to check its results.
Formed using reverse DNS notation, they can now have prefixes and suffixes giving them user and process identities. And how to find a list of them.
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