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May312011

Condition Remains GREEN

Apple has released update Apple-SA-2011-05-31-1 Security Update 2011-003 to address MacDefender.

  • File Quarantine now has a definition for OSX.MacDefender.A and OSX.MacDefender.B
  • File Quarantine will check daily for updates to File Quarantine malware definition list in System Preferences>Security>General.
  • Malware removal will search out various forms of MacDefender during the update process and remove them.
  • It will indicate to the user that the Fake AV was found and removed.
  • Malware removal will only occur during install, it is not a anti-virus solution. 

 

 

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