http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/is-apple-opening-a-can-of-worms Wed, 23 May 2012 15:26:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/is-apple-opening-a-can-of-worms/comment-page-1#comment-24898 J Yonts Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:38:20 +0000 http://www.labs.com/research/blog/?p=2259#comment-24898 I agree completely. Mac malware to date has been completely unsophisticated. Yet, Puper.A is all over the Internet. I believe this is largely due to the lack of AV adoption by Mac users. The malicious code authors had no need for sophistication. This move by Apple may force the issue of evolution in Mac malware. Also, the “malware detection” built into the Snow Leopard appears to be a very weak signature detection built into the installer which puts the protection into the “band-aid” category at best. Not necessarily faulting Apple because they had to stop the bleeding but I would have preferred Apple to come out with a strong recommendation that their users install a real AV solution. I agree completely. Mac malware to date has been completely unsophisticated. Yet, Puper.A is all over the Internet. I believe this is largely due to the lack of AV adoption by Mac users. The malicious code authors had no need for sophistication. This move by Apple may force the issue of evolution in Mac malware. Also, the “malware detection” built into the Snow Leopard appears to be a very weak signature detection built into the installer which puts the protection into the “band-aid” category at best. Not necessarily faulting Apple because they had to stop the bleeding but I would have preferred Apple to come out with a strong recommendation that their users install a real AV solution.

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