New MacDefender Defeats Apple Security Update

XxtraLarGe writes "Apple released a security update yesterday designed to rid Macs of the menacing MacDefender malware that has plagued users for nearly a month. But mere hours after the update, cyber-criminals released a new variant of the malware that easily defeated Apple's belated security efforts. That didn't take long."

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Fanbois...3...2....1..

[Anonymous Coward]

All the fanbois will now jump on to say "Well, it's been a decade and it's still better than windoze"...

I, for one, am enjoying this.

This just proves Apple was 'secure' because it has had very low share. Now it has become slightly more relevant and hell is going to break loose on the fanbois.

And for years Mac Users have been telling me lies

[gubers33]

I always found it amusing that Mac Users consistently told how secure their Macs were and how they couldn't get viruses or malware. I found it amusing since I thought Mac OSs has had security holes in them for years, but no one had an interest attacking a small user base. It seems as though those users and Apple are starting to eat their words since when Linux and Windows release patches for security they aren't defeated an hour later. Apple however should have seen this coming with their growing user numbers.

Re:Any first hand experience?

[MightyMartian]

Translation: I'm a Mac user, so my head is firmly planted up my ass, and there it will remain, so I don't have to see my precious platform for what it is; as vulnerable as any other.

Re:Obligatory Clarification

[spun]

Some objectivity would help rather than the girlish squealing of little linux fanboys.

You seem to be under the mistaken impression that I care about anything but making thin skinned mac users unhappy. Fuck the tech, this is about pissing off whiny little fanboys. So, thanks for giving me what I wanted. Not that I respect you for doing so, just the opposite in fact. HAND.