Apple expands malware protection on Mac OS X

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Apple expands malware protection on Mac OS X

In the last update for Mac OS X 10.6.4 Apple has added another entry to its malware list. The system now displays a pop-up warning message if users attempt to launch a downloaded HellRTS (a.k.a. OSX/Pinhead-B) trojan.

Last August, the software vendor added rudimentary malware protection to its latest Snow Leopard operating system. Since then, the two known Mac trojans – RSPlug and iWorkService – trigger warning messages when they are downloaded and opened in Safari, Mail, iChat, Firefox or Thundebird. This seems trivial when compared to Windows systems were the number of malware signatures is generally in the millions, with new ones added every hour.

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