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If you took Mac security techniques and applied them to the iOS ecosystem, with all those devices, all that value, it would get run over to a degree dramatically worse than is already happening on the Mac.вЂќ

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He said: вЂњThatвЂ™s despite the fact that Mac users inherently download less software and are subject to a way less economically motivated attacker base. The Mac is not meeting that bar today.вЂќДЇederighi went on to explain that Mac users donвЂ™t download as much software as iOS users, so if iOS was as open to third-party downloads there would be a real problem for that platform. iOS has established a dramatically higher bar for customer protection. When the judge asked about the fact that Mac users can purchase and download software from various places on the Mac, rather than being limited to the Mac App Store, Federighi said: вЂњYeah, itвЂ™s certainly how weвЂ™ve done it on the Mac and itвЂ™s regularly exploited on the Mac. He revealed that 130 different cases of Mac malware have affected over 300,000 Macs since May 2020 and admitted that even members of his family had got malware on their Macs. But he didnвЂ™t hold much back with regards to the malware situation on the Mac. User should exercise caution any time they are asked to enter sensitive personal information online.Federighi made the claim mainly to back up the need for an iOS App Store to protect iPhone and iPad users from malware on those devices.

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Note: Apple provides security updates for the Mac exclusively through Software Update and the Apple Support Downloads site. Use the steps in the вЂњHow to avoid installing this malwareвЂќ section above to remove the installer from the download location.

Select the name of the app you removed in the steps above ex.

Open System Preferences, select Accounts, then Login Items.

Removal of the login item is not necessary, but you can remove it by following the steps below. Malware also installs a login item in your account in System Preferences. MacDefender, MacSecurity, MacProtector or other name.

Click the Quit Process button in the upper left corner of the window and select Quit.

Under the Process Name column, look for the name of the app and click to select it common app names include: MacDefender, MacSecurity or MacProtector.

Choose All Processes from the pop up menu in the upper right corner of the window.

Go to the Utilities folder in the Applications folder and launch Activity Monitor.

Do not provide your credit card information under any circumstances.

If the malware has been installed, we recommend the following actions:

Go into the Downloads folder, or your preferred download location.

Delete the installer immediately using the steps below. If this happens, cancel the installation process do not enter your administrator password.

In some cases, your browser may automatically download and launch the installer for this malicious software. If a normal attempt at quitting the browser doesnвЂ™t work, then Force Quit the browser. If any notifications about viruses or security software appear, quit Safari or any other browser that you are using.

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