Security Update 2011-003 for Snow Leopard released - addresses MAC Defender

[jamescv7]

Apple has released an important security update for users of Mac OS X Snow Leopard. The update, which requires Mac OS X 10.6.7, removes known variants of the recent MAC Defender malware which began surfacing at the beginning of May. In addition, the update also enables the operating system to update its internal list of known malware on a daily basis via a new background process.

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[moonshine]

Good to see that Mac's getting some security improvements.

 

[Ink]

This week, however, Apple's kicking those digital white blood cells into high gear, updating that quarantine list daily with a new background process. The company's primarily got its crosshairs on the recent MacDefender scare, of course, but on the off-chance malware starts coming out of the woodwork, it sounds like you won't have to wait for a formal security update to be forewarned of the dangers. If privacy's your primary concern, however, you can also opt-out -- take a gander at our source links to see how it's done.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/apple-cracks-down-on-macdefender-prevents-malware-downloads-wit/

How it works?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4651

Files downloaded via applications such as Safari, iChat, and Mail are checked for safety at the time that they are opened.

So if opened via USB drive, it won't detect malware. One reason I don't like Apple's way for malware detection.

 

[Guest28]

It's good to see them actually doing something other than ignoring it. Hopefully they will figure out how to stop these major out breaks.

 

[jamescv7]

At least they are concerned from attacked of variant MacDefender so they must really address an update to user.