Apple has made notable updates to macOS malware tools over the course of the last six months, according to updates tracked by Howard Oakley at Eclectic Lighting Company (via Ars Technica).
“In the last six months, macOS malware protection has changed more than it did over the previous seven years,” writes Oakley in a blog post published this week. Malware detection on the Mac is now “fully pre-emptive” and as active as “many commercial anti-malware products.”
Specifically, at around the time that macOS 12.3 Monterey was launched, Apple quietly introduced a new XProtect Remediator tool for its XProtect service that checks for malware in the background. XProtect Remediator more frequently looks for malware and fixes it if malware is detected.
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