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Jeff Campbell
05-31-2011, 11:35 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/31/mac-security-update-2011-003-now-available-for-download/' target='_blank'>http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/31/mac-...e-for-download/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Mac Security Update 2011-003 has appeared in Software Update and is available for immediate download and installation."</em></p><p><img height="254" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1306880341.usr105634.jpg" style="margin-left: 55px; margin-right: 55px; border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" width="490" /></p><p>You can read about it <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4657" target="_blank">here</a>, and download it <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1387" target="_blank">here</a>, but basically the update will search and remove the MacDefender virus and all variants. But it will also, according to the story, provide a <em>"File Quarantine definition for the OSX.MacDefender.A malware and Mac OS X 10.6.7 will now automatically update the definitions on a daily basis."&nbsp;</em></p>