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macOS malware scans
Until the release of Monterey 12.3 last March, macOS had only limited tools to tackle malware. Its Malware Removal Tool (MRT) scans your Mac shortly after startup, and XProtect checks apps for signatures of known malware when they’re first run.
Over the last six months this has changed dramatically with the arrival of XProtect Remediator, posing as a new XProtect app in the Core Services folder on your Mac’s Data volume. Several times a day this scans for telltale signs of the troublesome and versatile Trojan known as DubRobber or XCSSET, and checks daily for others including Adload, Pirrit, Trovi and CloudMensis.
This new protection is only available for Catalina and later – proof once again that running the current, or more recent, versions of macOS brings the best security.