New Mac OS X malware disables Apple's malware protection

ID: IRCNE2011101295
Date: 2011-10-22

According to "zdnet", Security researchers from F-Secure have spotted a Mac OS X malware that disables Snow Leopard’s XProtect.plist antivirus signatures updates.
Its recent analysis found Trojan-Downloader:OSX/Flashback.C can disable the automatic updater component of XProtect, the built-in OS X anti-malware application Apple provides in its operating system.
Apple added a built-in antivirus scanner in Snow Leopard in August, 2009. Back then, the feature only scanned for two trojans.