Apple’s OS X Snow Leopard malware blocker has not been updated for months, according to claims posted by a security website. Does a lack of update definitions mean OS X Snow Leopard is in danger?
Threat Post, Kaspersky Lab’s security blog, says Apple has not updated the OS X Snow Leopard malware blocker for six months.
Kaspersky says Apple has not added any anti-malware signature updates to the XProtect.plist file that contained antidotes for OSX.RSPlug.A and OSX.Iservice, two Trojan horses targeting Mac OS X.
The anti-virus researchers at Kaspersky say the file covers numerous variants of the Trojans but that Apple has not expanded the signature base to cover recent viruses targeting Mac OS X.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard’s anti-malware blocker scans files downloaded with Safari, Firefox and other web browsers as well as Mail, iChat and Entourage.
Updates to the OS X Snow Leopard anti-malware function would usually released via the operating system’s Software Update facility but none have been released in the past few months.
If you’re thinking of upgrading to Mac OS X Snow Leopard, try our full OS X Snow Leopard review.
Out now | £xxx | Apple (via Threat Post)
Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard malware blocker has not been updated for months, according to claims posted by a security website. Does a lack of update definitions mean OS X Snow Leopard is in danger?
Threat Post, Kaspersky Lab’s security blog, says Apple has not updated the OS X Snow Leopard malware blocker for six months. It claims Apple has not added any anti-malware signature updates to the XProtect.plist file that contained antidotes for OSX.RSPlug.A and OSX.Iservice, two Trojan horses targeting Mac OS X.
The anti-virus researchers at Kaspersky say the file covers numerous variants of the Trojans but that Apple has not expanded the signature base to cover recent viruses targeting Mac OS X.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard’s anti-malware blocker scans files downloaded with Safari, Firefox and other web browsers as well as Mail, iChat and Entourage.
Updates to the OS X Snow Leopard anti-malware function would usually released via the operating system’s Software Update facility but none have been released in the past few months.
If you’re thinking of upgrading to Mac OS X Snow Leopard, try our full OS X Snow Leopard review.
Out now | £25 | Apple (via Threat Post)
