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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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  1. Re:Any first hand experience? by MightyMartian · · Score: 1, Troll

    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.

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