August 25, 2009, 2:56PM
Snow Leopard Gets an Anti-Virus Scanner
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Apple's commercials may give the impression that Macs are virus-free but the company isn’t taking any chances with the newest Mac OS X refresh.
Apple has quietly added a new Snow Leopard feature to scan software downloads for malware, a no-brainer move that coincides with a noticeable spike in malicious files embedded in pirated copies of Mac-specific software. Read the full story [zdnet.com]
*Composite Snow Leopard image via Kepa's Flickr photostream.
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