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Consumer Products => Avast Mac Security => Topic started by: Secondmineboy on July 02, 2014, 11:14:27 AM

Title: Search Protect for OSX
Post by: Secondmineboy on July 02, 2014, 11:14:27 AM

Now there is Search Protect junk also for Macs:

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2014-063017-1536-99&tabid=2

Almost no OS is now safe from this, unlikely.

Title: Re: Search Protect for OSX
Post by: specimen9999 on July 02, 2014, 06:03:19 PM

Thanks for the information, I hope Avast! detects this.

No OS is safe from software installation initiated and authorized by the user, the user only needs to be convinced to initiate the installation.

However, as a mitigating factor, by default, OS X only allows installation of apps downloaded from the Mac Apps Store (curated) or identified developers (which include Apple Developer issued certificate), this behaviour can be changed.