SilentKnight 2.4 improves XProtect Remediator reporting

Update improves analysis and reporting of XProtect Remediator anti-malware scans, and is for macOS Catalina and later.

XProCheck 1.4 is easier to use and more nuanced

Now has more nuanced interpretation of potential problems reported by XPR, and displays a simple summary in a separate reporting panel.

How a security update threw errors in XProtect Remediator

You’ve just installed an update to macOS security software, then it gives you a status of ‘Unknown’ caused by [] and stops working. What’s wrong?

How do you know when macOS detects and remediates malware?

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?

What happens when XProtect Remediator discovers real malware?

XProtect Remediator takes on XCSSET (DubRobber) malware. Does it detect and remove it?

Checking macOS malware scans: Endpoint Security or the log?

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?

Rolling logs and anti-malware scans

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?

Everything you need to know about XProtect’s malware protection

All about XProtect, and its new sibling XProtect Remediator, which macOS they come with, what they do, and how to check them and keep them up to date.

Last Week on My Mac: A quiet word about help

Writing good documentation often takes longer than coding and testing. Is it a good investment of time when documentation seems so little used? Is there a better way?

XProCheck 1.2 checks macOS malware scans better

Reports the version of XProtect Remediator currently installed, improves log record checks, and now supports auto-update.