Apple ships removal tool for Mac-menacing malware

Fake anti-virus malware attack on Mac OS X is doing rounds over the internet for couple weeks now. We have seen Microsoft Windows being infected with malware, that requires us to install anti-malware, anti-virus software (ofcourse there are many free tools available). However, at times some of these tools happen to be fake and these tools will install virus on our machines.

Apple is coming with a better solution. Rather than creating an anti-malware application by a third-party company or by with-in Apple, instead, they are building an update feature to the Mac, that puts an end to the malware issue. The next version of Mac OS X will include the Security Update 2011-003. The update provides additional protection by checking for the MacDefender malware and its known variants. When found the system will terminate the malware, delete any persistent files, and correct if any modifications were made to the configuration files.

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Sources: theregister.co.uk, Apple