Trend Micro Antivirus Discover 'False' in Snow Leopard

Security vendor Trend Micro will remove antivirus capabilities in the new operating system from Apple, Snow Leopard. Mac OS Snow Leopard will be notified when they download malware, with the words "could damage your computer" and that users should "move it to Trash". However, Rik Ferguson, senior security advisor at Trend Micro said that the detection of malware in Snow Leopard, using pattern matching and basic techniques, and offer updates or scanning is not real-time.



"Although I am aware of Apple's efforts to continue providing security for the user community, but the detection of malware in the Snow Leopard can only be described as the elementary or can not develop. Files are scanned only when the downloaded and can only be downloaded by a particular application. Malware has been in the Mac platform since the pre-OS X and so does the anti-malware tool it. "Said Ferguson.


Meanwhile, senior technology consultant for Sophos, Graham Cluley, is also aware of the malware problem that continues developing States, and joined criticized the protection offered by Snow Leopard. "Protection that is only dealing with 2 familt Mac Trojan, and not the same as the actual product other antivirus. Antivirus will not protect the user to copy an infected file from the USB, and does not offer USB cleansing. Perhaps, Apple should explain clearly that the user does not describe malware-detection tool in the Snow Leopard as an antivirus. "Commentator Cluley.
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