Apple Adds Malware Blocker to Snow Leopard
Word on the street is Apple has added malware protection to Snow Leopard.
A lot of Apple fans boast about how their computer might be expensive, but at least they don't have to bother with any antivirus or malware protection. However, it seems those days are over as Apple has added malware protection to the latest version of its OS, OSX 10.6 or Snow Leopard.
First reported by Intego, the Register reports that the protection was quietly added earlier this month to build 10A432, which is the most recent build of Snow Leopard. However, the Reg goes on to cite a source that said the functionality was included in 10A421a, a much earlier build.
The feature is said to warn users if they try to install applications known to be malicious. However, according to the Register's anonymous source, it's quite limited; for one, it's only checking for two known Mac trojans, and two, it only flags those files if they were downloaded from the internet using Entourage, iChat, Safari, and a handful of other applications.

It might not be much, but it's definitely a step away from the belief that Mac users don't have to worry about viruses.
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And if OSX had 90%+ of the global desktop marketshare, Microsoft could say the exact same thing.
Exactly.
Target windows with 90% of all computer users being potential victims?
OR
Target Macs with 4% (guess) of all computer users being potential victims?
If i were spending the time to code a virus i would certainly make it for Windows...
That said, this just sounds like "Malicious Software Removal Tool Mac Edition" to me.
False adv, maybe... anti-trust?... na... OSX or MAC's market share is not even over 50% if not 15%...
By the way, they were kind of right on what they said... because instead of having users install the software... they quitely add the software in the OS (though the power of the software appears to be kind of limited)...lol
Somewhere someone is taking this as a challenge.
Now, I think its time for consumer linux distros to start considering bundling similiar software in their iso's.
It's another when it's an add-on program that requires a subscription and isn't natively part of the OS that runs in the background sucking up resources while overreacting to every little thing that changes. (I realize there are good free options available, but the average consumer wouldn't know about them.)