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XProCheck

How to deal with XProtect Remediator (XPR) problems

No scans? Malware detected and remediated? Or just an odd report that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere? How to deal with each of them.

February 9, 2024 Macs, Technology

The Three XProtects of Christmas

What you need to know about the 3 XProtects: classic, Remediator and BehaviourService, and full details of what we know about XPR 122.

December 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

Why macOS anti-malware scans can behave oddly

Why XProtect Remediator scans can report BadPluginServiceSignature status_code 31 and abort, and why you don’t need to do anything about it.

August 12, 2023 Macs, Technology

Malware detection and remediation by XProtect Remediator

In June 2022, Apple retired MRT and replaced it with XProtect Remediator. Here’s all you need to know about this new tool and what it does.

June 12, 2023 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight 2.5 and XProCheck 1.5 are better focussed

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These now analyse log reports from XProtect Remediator more robustly, and are more discerning in ranking them, so clearer to use.

May 1, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Secret security

An update users didn’t know about might have installed a security tool they don’t know about, whose reports they can’t see.

April 30, 2023 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight 2.4 improves XProtect Remediator reporting

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

March 23, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

XProCheck 1.4 is easier to use and more nuanced

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

March 21, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

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?

February 6, 2023 Macs, Technology

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?

January 4, 2023 Macs, Technology

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