{"id":1045,"date":"2009-08-27T10:53:05","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T17:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2012-11-14T17:23:23","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T00:23:23","slug":"macworld-on-apples-anti-malware-feature-in-snow-leopard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/macworld-on-apples-anti-malware-feature-in-snow-leopard\/","title":{"rendered":"Macworld on Apple’s Anti-Malware Feature in Snow Leopard"},"content":{"rendered":"

We reported yesterday<\/a> that we had obtained information regarding an anti-malware feature in Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6. Macworld has confirmed this<\/a> with an extensive article about “Snow Leopard’s hidden malware protection”. The article points out that this feature only works with a handful of programs, and currently only scans for two (!) types of malware: one a common Trojan horse, RSPlug, which Intego discovered in 2007<\/a>, and the second, the iServices Trojan horse<\/a>, which was found in a number of pirated versions of Mac software earlier this year. But this feature would not even detect the iServices Trojan, because it does not seem to work with BitTorrent clients; it only, according to Macworld, scans files downloaded with web browsers, e-mail clients and iChat.<\/p>\n

Well, for now, we’ll say we’re underwhelmed. Stay tuned for a detailed comparison of Intego VirusBarrier X5 and this new anti-malware feature in Snow Leopard. We’ll be posting a number of articles about this tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We reported yesterday that we had obtained information regarding an anti-malware feature in Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6. Macworld has confirmed this with an extensive article about “Snow Leopard’s hidden malware protection”. The article points out that this feature only works with a handful of programs, and currently only scans for two (!) types […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n