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Apple Update Removes MacDefender Malware

Rue Liu, May 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

...for a rude awakening with the recent MacDefender malware problem. The trojan malware tricked ... should hunt down and nuke existing MacDefender malware installations and prevent future ... provides a File Quarantine definition for MacDefender as well as for its ...

MacDefender malware renamed MacGuard, bypasses Apple fix

Chris Davies, May 26th 2011 Discuss [3]

Apple's attempts to handle the MacDefender malware have already been circumnavigated by the apps author, with ...an administrator account - and then that grabs the new version of MacDefender and installs that without the user realizing. As before, ...

Mac malware bypasses Apple File Quarantine in hours

Chris Davies, Jun 1st 2011 Discuss [6]

... system yesterday to clean out the MacDefender menace, the authors of the ... definitions being released to an updated MacDefender build arriving. As before, the ...'s security update could initially block MacDefender, with File Quarantine popping up ...

Mac OS X v 10.6.8 update now available

Shane McGlaun, Jun 24th 2011 Discuss [0]

.... Support for IPv6 is improved and VPN reliability is improved as well. The update will find and remove known variants of MacDefender malware. The update will also add support for Kerberos authentication to a web proxy server and adds RAW image capability ...

Apple To Nuke MacDefender Malware With OS X Update

Rue Liu, May 24th 2011 Discuss [2]

There's been a high alert recently regarding the Mac Defender and Mac Security trojans that have been fooling unsuspecting Mac users into handing over admin passwords and credit card information. And although Apple has remained particularly mum on the ...