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New Mac malware, OSX.CreativeUpdate, distributed by MacUpdate site

Did you download and install any Mac software from the MacUpdate site on the first or second of […]

February 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Well-kept secrets, macOS malware protection

With XProtect and MRT providing such extensive protection against malware, who could possibly need anything else? Where could they possibly fall short?

January 21, 2018 Macs, Technology

Just what do XProtect and MRT protect your Mac from?

A detailed listing of malware currently blocked or removed by Apple’s tools built into macOS from El Capitan onwards.

January 20, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT security data

Apple has just pushed the first updates of 2018 for two of the security tools built into OS […]

January 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

New macOS malware: MaMi

Patrick Wardle, of Objective-See, has just reported what he believes to be new malware running on macOS, which […]

January 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

The correct and current version of MRT can be either 1.26 or 1.27

For the moment, until Apple pushes a future update to bring it to version 1.28 at least, your […]

December 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple may or may not have updated MRT to version 1.27 (updated)

Comments to articles here show that some Mac users have, in the last day or so, received silent […]

December 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed another security update

Gatekeeper’s data files are updated to version 134, and MRT may also be undergoing update too.

December 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to MRT and XProtect security data

Apple has just pushed silent updates to the configuration data for its malware removal tool MRT, and to […]

December 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beware the bogus Symantec blog which will infect you with Proton D

For the last few days, there has been a website posing as a Symantec security blog, at symantecblog[dot]com, […]

November 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

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