On 09/12/2022 17:28, David Brooks wrote:
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FYI
Laurence Gatehouse asked ...... on December 9, 2022 at 7:59 pm
How capable is Xprotect and the rest of the Apple security suite, in
your opinion? I realise that it is aimed differently but will it, or is intended to, replace such things as Virus checkers or MalwareBytes? This
is probably a big question. Thanks for your always interesting posts.
Howard Oakley responded ..... on December 9, 2022 at 10:52 pm
No one knows. I don’t know how capable third-party products are either,
nor the likelihood of any particular threat.
I think Apple’s intent is that for ‘ordinary’ Mac users who are acting fairly sensibly, built-in protection should provide a high level of
defence against all the more likely malware. For those at risk from
state actors, for instance, they need to be augmented, hence Apple’s new option to block more common means of entry. I think those folk need wise
and specific security support. But for the great majority of us,
provided we keep macOS and these tools up to date, our risks should be
very low.
XProtect itself, with its Yara file, is fairly basic, and its efficacy
depends on the malware. But XProtect Remediator is quite different, and
should be considerably better, more on a par with the better third-party products.
Howard.
https://eclecticlight.co/2022/12/08/apple-has-pushed-an-update-to-xprotect-remediator-8/
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Kind regards,
David
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