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* Apple has just released an update to XProtectJohn Hill
+* Apple has just released an update to XProtectTimS
|+- Apple has just released an update to XProtectAlan B
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Re: Apple has just released an update to XProtect

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From: watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk (John Hill)
Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple has just released an update to XProtect
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 by: John Hill - Tue, 9 Jan 2024 08:40 UTC

On 8 Jan 2024 at 23:24:27 GMT, "David B." <bdb@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

> Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from
> El Capitan or so, bringing it to version 2178.
>
> Ref:
> https://eclecticlight.co/2024/01/08/apple-has-just-released-an-update-to-xprotect-4/#like-77681
>
> Mine has been installed.

Curiosity piqued, I discovered (with some difficulty, and using FindAnyFile)
that I had been updated at 07:57 today, i.e. about the time I woke the iMac
up.

I also found that it has been updated at irregular intervals thirteen times in
the last twelve months. So what is the big deal about this one, and why do we
need to know?

Old John.

--
Classic computing: Computers do what you tell them to do, not what you want them to do.
Modern computing: Computers do what they want to do, no matter what you tell them to do.

Re: Apple has just released an update to XProtect

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From: tim@streater.me.uk (TimS)
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Subject: Re: Apple has just released an update to XProtect
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 by: TimS - Tue, 9 Jan 2024 09:41 UTC

On 09 Jan 2024 at 08:40:29 GMT, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I also found that it has been updated at irregular intervals thirteen times in
> the last twelve months. So what is the big deal about this one, and why do we
> need to know?

We don't, is the short answer. The poster is well-known and has a bee in his
bonnet about viruses on macOS. Your kill-file is your next port of call.

--
Tim

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From: alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid (Alan B)
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 by: Alan B - Tue, 9 Jan 2024 10:34 UTC

On 2024-01-09, TimS <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
> On 09 Jan 2024 at 08:40:29 GMT, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I also found that it has been updated at irregular intervals thirteen times in
>> the last twelve months. So what is the big deal about this one, and why do we
>> need to know?
>
> We don't, is the short answer. The poster is well-known and has a bee in his
> bonnet about viruses on macOS. Your kill-file is your next port of call.

+1

--
Cheers, Alan

Re: Apple has just released an update to XProtect

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Subject: Re: Apple has just released an update to XProtect
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 by: John Hill - Tue, 9 Jan 2024 12:23 UTC

On 9 Jan 2024 at 10:03:25 GMT, "David B." <bdb@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

> On 9 Jan 2024 at 08:40:29 GMT, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 8 Jan 2024 at 23:24:27 GMT, "David B." <bdb@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from
>>> El Capitan or so, bringing it to version 2178.
>>>
>>> Ref:
>>> https://eclecticlight.co/2024/01/08/apple-has-just-released-an-update-to-xprotect-4/#like-77681
>>>
>>> Mine has been installed.
>>
>> Curiosity piqued, I discovered (with some difficulty, and using FindAnyFile)
>> that I had been updated at 07:57 today, i.e. about the time I woke the iMac
>> up.
>
> Click on the  in the top left hand corner of your screen...
> Then click on "About This Mac" and then on "More Info..." then, towards the
> bottom of the page, click on "System Report".
> On the page which opens, look under "Software" ....... Installations.
>
> HTH

Actually, no, it doesn't - not on my iMac running Ventura.
It reports updates to BaseCamp, BBEdit, Canon Easy-PhotoPrint Editor and
several to Canon IJ PrinterDriver and that's it. I already went there before I
tried FindAnyFile.

>
>> I also found that it has been updated at irregular intervals thirteen times in
>> the last twelve months. So what is the big deal about this one, and why do we
>> need to know?
>
> There's nothing 'special' about this particular one - but it IS an indication
> that Apple is updating the protection of your computer against malware.
>
> Some people run unnecessary Third Party AV Software on their Apple computers.
>
> You can read what one company falsely claims, here: www.clamxav.com - I
> recommend that you do NOT install it, even on a 'trial' basis.

I have NO, repeat NO, intention of installing anti malware software on my
iMac.

Old John.

--
Frustra fit per plura, quod potest fieri per pauciora - William of Occam.

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 by: John Hill - Tue, 9 Jan 2024 12:30 UTC

On 9 Jan 2024 at 09:41:21 GMT, "TimS" <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

> On 09 Jan 2024 at 08:40:29 GMT, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I also found that it has been updated at irregular intervals thirteen times in
>> the last twelve months. So what is the big deal about this one, and why do we
>> need to know?
>
> We don't, is the short answer. The poster is well-known and has a bee in his
> bonnet about viruses on macOS. Your kill-file is your next port of call.

It's OK, I know all about David's hobby horse, and the reason he rides it. Get
him off it and he's quite a reasonable person.

He used to be much worse, but he's learning not to ride it on ucsm, where it
is definitely NOT welcome. This was just a slip-up on his part.

Neigh!

Old John.

--
You're not an old dog until you can't learn new tricks.

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 by: John Hill - Tue, 9 Jan 2024 12:44 UTC

On 9 Jan 2024 at 12:23:41 GMT, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 9 Jan 2024 at 10:03:25 GMT, "David B." <bdb@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>
>> On 9 Jan 2024 at 08:40:29 GMT, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8 Jan 2024 at 23:24:27 GMT, "David B." <bdb@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from
>>>> El Capitan or so, bringing it to version 2178.
>>>>
>>>> Ref:
>>>> https://eclecticlight.co/2024/01/08/apple-has-just-released-an-update-to-xprotect-4/#like-77681
>>>>
>>>> Mine has been installed.
>>>
>>> Curiosity piqued, I discovered (with some difficulty, and using FindAnyFile)
>>> that I had been updated at 07:57 today, i.e. about the time I woke the iMac
>>> up.
>>
>> Click on the  in the top left hand corner of your screen...
>> Then click on "About This Mac" and then on "More Info..." then, towards the
>> bottom of the page, click on "System Report".
>> On the page which opens, look under "Software" ....... Installations.
>>
>> HTH
>
> Actually, no, it doesn't - not on my iMac running Ventura.
> It reports updates to BaseCamp, BBEdit, Canon Easy-PhotoPrint Editor and
> several to Canon IJ PrinterDriver and that's it. I already went there before I
> tried FindAnyFile.

Oops! It IS there. I didn't realise, that soon after getting up, that you need
to scroll down past hundreds of other entries to get to it.

My bad.

Snip…

Old John.

--
Frustra fit per plura, quod potest fieri per pauciora - William of Occam.

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