Snow Leopard, Apple’s latest version of the Mac OS X operating system, has been released.
In the last few days there has been lots of speculation about Snow Leopard containing anti-virus functionality to protect against the rising problem of Mac malware.
Well, now Snow Leopard is out you can see for yourself how it behaves. Here’s a video showing what it can do and – perhaps importantly – what it can’t do:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCKciRQQ_8o&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0](Enjoy this video? You can check out more on the SophosLabs YouTube channel and subscribe if you like)
The malware problem on Apple Macs is very small compared to Windows, but it does exist. So, well done to Apple for taking their first baby steps in countering it…
Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.
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