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[ZDNET] Snow Leopard gets malware blocker; Sony Reader; Apple worried?



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Apple has quietly added a new Snow Leopard feature to scan software downloads for malware, a no-brainer move that coincides with a noticeable spike in malicious files embedded in pirated copies of Mac-specific software. by Ryan Naraine

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