Two readers reported odd warnings when checking macOS malware scans. Are they significant, or errors? And what are the differences between XProtect and XProtect.app?
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GUI software and the commands you need to get the signature of an app checked thoroughly by macOS, plus a detailed list of error code.
What if you see no scans at all? Or just ‘private’ results? What should make you concerned, and what’s normal?
Apple has just pushed an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]
New feature: run anti-malware scans when you want, and inspect their reports straight afterwards.
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.
An interim guide to reading the results of anti-malware scans performed by macOS Catalina and later, using XProCheck.
Apple has just pushed an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]
A new utility to quickly check all the anti-malware scans completed on your Mac over the last day or longer. Free of course.
What’s the cost in terms of lost performance of these new anti-malware scans, and how do we get told of their results?
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