Until two years ago, Apple’s Malware Removal Tool, MRT, was all that macOS had to deal with any […]
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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.
What you need to know about the 3 XProtects: classic, Remediator and BehaviourService, and full details of what we know about XPR 122.
Why XProtect Remediator scans can report BadPluginServiceSignature status_code 31 and abort, and why you don’t need to do anything about it.
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.
These now analyse log reports from XProtect Remediator more robustly, and are more discerning in ranking them, so clearer to use.
An update users didn’t know about might have installed a security tool they don’t know about, whose reports they can’t see.
Update improves analysis and reporting of XProtect Remediator anti-malware scans, and is for macOS Catalina and later.
Now has more nuanced interpretation of potential problems reported by XPR, and displays a simple summary in a separate reporting panel.
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?
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