macOS’s New XProtect Now Regularly Scans for Malware

Originally published at: macOS’s New XProtect Now Regularly Scans for Malware - TidBITS

A few months ago, Apple quietly updated Monterey, Big Sur, and Catalina with XProtect Remediator, a new malware scanner built into XProtect, so your Mac is now regularly checking for malware in the background. Howard Oakley uncovered it and offers some technical details.

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