![]() I'm sure you're very familiar with this aspect of Mac OS X if you have ever downloaded any apps from outside the App Store. When you download an application (or any other kind of executable code), it is automatically "quarantined," so that when you open it you're asked if you really want to do that. The anti-malware scanner in Mac OS X is called XProtect. ![]() Gatekeeper, which has been mentioned here, is entirely separate, and provides a different method for helping to protect you against malware. It is not a feature that is directly accessible to the user, and works a bit differently than every other malware scanner out there. Contrary to what Geeks on Hugs is telling you, Mac OS X does indeed have a basic malware scanner.
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