With the introduction of Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" operating system is equipped with a malware blocker. The XProtect said program worked Initially good, but no updates released by Apple. Thus, this malware protection, more and more useless and protects Mac OS X no longer sufficient against pests.
problems make new pests, especially the general point as "DNSChanger" known. These are scripts that are capable of the DNS settings of Mac computers to manipulate. The non-savvy users notice them only in very rare cases a little, because the browser as usual, a line shows you enter the Internet address to normal. In reality, however, traffic is routed between end users and service providers (such as a bank or a free e-mail Povider ...) through web-server could be under the control of criminals. Thus, both can be read unencrypted data transmitted easily and decoding attempts do with encrypted data transmission.
The protection against just such pests would have fallen within the remit of XProtect. This program can, however, nothing against the latest generation Mac pests do, since Apple has released since the launch of XProtect any updates. Actually, however, sees the integrated into the operating system software update for a regular update of XProtect.
Source: http://www.pcwelt.de/start/sicherheit/antivirus/news/2107925/apples-malware-blocker-ist-ein-staubfaenger/
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