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Title: Apple Addresses 'Mac Defender' Threat With Security Update 2011-003 for Snow Leopard Post by: HCK on May 31, 2011, 11:00:19 pm Apple Addresses 'Mac Defender' Threat With Security Update 2011-003 for Snow Leopard
Apple today released Security Update 2011-003 (Snow Leopard), a new software update that addresses the "Mac Defender" malware that has been afflicting Mac users over the past month.- Malware removal Available for: Mac OS X v10.6.7, Mac OS X Server v10.6.7 Impact: Remove the MacDefender malware if detected Description: The installation process for this update will search for and remove known variants of the MacDefender malware. If a known variant was detected and removed, the user will be notified via an alert after the update is installed.The update weighs in at 2.36 MB and requires Mac OS X 10.6.7. Seed notes for the most recent developer build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 had indicated that the update will identify and remove known variants of Mac Defender, but Apple apparently wanted to push the anti-malware portions of the update as quickly as possible before incorporating it directly into Mac OS X 10.6.8 for future updaters. http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/31/apple-addresses-mac-defender-threat-with-security-update-2011-003-for-snow-leopard/ |