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Apple backtracks on Mac Defender and promises fix in days

by Kenny Hemphill on 25 May 2011 in News

Apple has confirmed that it will ‘deliver a Mac OS X software update that will automatically find and remove Mac Defender malware and its known variants’ within days.

In a support document on its website, the company said the update would also ‘help protect users by providing an explicit warning if they download this malware.’

‘Mac Security’ Trojan adds to Apple malware worries, but not much

by Adam Banks on 6 May 2011 in Analysis

While Windows PCs are plagued with myriad varieties of malware, making anti-virus protection essential, Apple users have traditionally had very little to worry about. Recent reports of a Trojan calling itself Mac Defender have provoked headlines crowing about Apple users no longer being immune to the threats faced by everyone else, but this isn’t the [...]

Protection Racket

by Howard Oakley on 18 August 2010 in Help

As the lawmakers try to patch financial and other regulations and regulators in the wake of recent banking scandals and the resulting recession, they’ve fallen into the trap that has caught almost every similar effort. Transfixed like rabbits in the headlights of oncoming trucks, they have analysed history and tried to prevent its repetition. Although [...]

malware

Apple backtracks on Mac Defender and promises fix in days

‘Mac Security’ Trojan adds to Apple malware worries, but not much

Protection Racket

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