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Interpreting XProCheck’s results and problems

What if you see no scans at all? Or just ‘private’ results? What should make you concerned, and what’s normal?

September 16, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just pushed an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]

September 15, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

XProCheck 1.1 can now run XProtect Remediator scans on demand

New feature: run anti-malware scans when you want, and inspect their reports straight afterwards.

September 15, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

How macOS leaves users vulnerable, and unaware of their vulnerability

John clicked on the wrong email, and suspected something malicious. From there on, nothing went right. He couldn’t even check macOS protection. A salutary tale.

September 13, 2022 Macs, Technology

What shouldn’t you see in your XProCheck results?

An interim guide to reading the results of anti-malware scans performed by macOS Catalina and later, using XProCheck.

September 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just pushed an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]

September 7, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

XProCheck: a new utility to inspect anti-malware scans

A new utility to quickly check all the anti-malware scans completed on your Mac over the last day or longer. Free of course.

September 5, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Breaking the silence

What’s the cost in terms of lost performance of these new anti-malware scans, and how do we get told of their results?

September 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

Monitor macOS anti-malware scans with Mints version 1.9

Adds a button to automatically retrieve the log reports of all scans completed by XProtect Remediator over the last 24 hours.

September 2, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Hunting malware protection in the log

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.

September 1, 2022 Macs, Technology

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