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From: Nancy on 18 Jun 2010 15:27
Wow!

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/apple-issues-stealth-anti-malware-security-update/8673
From: Andy Hewitt on 18 Jun 2010 16:03
Nancy <me10(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> Wow!
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/apple-issues-stealth-anti-malware-sec
> urity-update/8673

The discussions further down the page are more entertaining!

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From: Pd on 18 Jun 2010 16:31
Nancy <me10(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> Wow!
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/apple-issues-stealth-anti-malware-security-
> update/8673

Do Apple list every single file they update in a point release? I'd be
surprised if they did, there must be hundreds if not thousands.

And if not, then calling this a 'stealth' update is disingenuous. It's
no more a 'stealth' update than all the other files that are updated at
the same time. They do put out Security Updates between point updates,
that patch vulnerabilities - is that admitting that they have to protect
the Mac against malware? Probably - and the point is?

Bit of a non-story I think.

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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 21 Jun 2010 08:32
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:31:31 +0100, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd)
wrote:

>Nancy <me10(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Wow!
>>
>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/apple-issues-stealth-anti-malware-security-
>> update/8673
>
>Do Apple list every single file they update in a point release? I'd be
>surprised if they did, there must be hundreds if not thousands.
>
>And if not, then calling this a 'stealth' update is disingenuous. It's
>no more a 'stealth' update than all the other files that are updated at
>the same time. They do put out Security Updates between point updates,
>that patch vulnerabilities - is that admitting that they have to protect
>the Mac against malware? Probably - and the point is?
>
>Bit of a non-story I think.

Rather. Here it is done properly:

http://macs.about.com/b/2010/06/18/apple-updates-malware-scanner-list.htm

Zero comments. How about that.

Cheers - Jaimie
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From: Chris Ridd on 21 Jun 2010 09:12
On 2010-06-21 13:32:05 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh said:

> Rather. Here it is done properly:
>
> http://macs.about.com/b/2010/06/18/apple-updates-malware-scanner-list.htm
>
> Zero comments. How about that.

Indeed, and it could hardly be considered a stealth change being as
10.6.4 officially includes security update 2010-04.

It is somewhat interesting that the malware scan file's getting updated.

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Chris

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