Report That OS X Snow Leopard May Include Antivirus

File this firmly in the "rumor" category for now. the JoshMeister writes (in the third person) "Mac antivirus company Intego broke the story this morning that Apple is apparently including antivirus functionality in its upcoming operating system, Snow Leopard. But which antivirus engine is Apple using? Security researcher Joshua Long discusses the likely candidates."

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Re:AV for consumers will be free

[maxume]

I don't think that would help, mad-clickers implicitly trust everything.

Hmm.. Speculation on a rumour from unkown source.

[MROD]

So, we have a Slashdot story speculating about the outcome of a story on another site which uses unknown, and not necessarily reliable source, about a possible feature in an unreleased OS.

Can we please wait until there is real evidence before shouting that the sky's falling please.

Oh, sorry, this is Slashdot! ;-)

As for the article: *IF* it is true, fine! Who cares what anti-virus engine it uses as long as it works and is ready for any dangerous malware which does come along for MacOS?

(And for those who wish to gloat, no OS is fully immune, especially from the security hole at the keyboard. Why does Linux need an anti-virus product like ClamAV?! Linux doesn't have any viruses.... ;-))

Mac OS X Security Architecture

[Gary W. Longsine]

Although some Snow Leopard details may not be available yet, most components of the Mac OS X security architecture pre-date Snow Leopard, and details are available, in places like this... Mac OS X Security Architecture