Apple recognizes virus and malware threat to OS X
As Apple has provided more information about Snow Leopard, the next version of Mac OS X (10.6) to be released in September 2009, the company has also publicly recognized the virus and malware threat to its operating system. This highlights the need to use the best antivirus software to protect computers running Mac OS X.
On Apple's web page outlining security features in Snow Leopard the company discusses features that provide "Defense against viruses and malware," such as warnings when users open applications they have downloaded, a feature that has existed since Mac OS X 10.4. This page also states that "Mac OS X offers a multilayered system of defenses against viruses and other dangerous malware," such as "sandboxing," a method of restricting the actions that applications have to an operating system or its files, library randomization, which "prevents malicious commands from finding their targets," and execute disable, which protects memory from attacks.
