IIRC, Apple doesn’t provide AV service in their operating system. That is what brought attention to this bug, because it tried to pretend to be the OS and say it had to ‘fix’ a virus.
Since their OS doesn’t EVER do that, it became obvious.
Apple has stated that it is up to AV software to do that.
They are making an exception, because of the nature of this particular virus, and I am sure because of the PR problem.
So... be hard on them if you wish, but they do not have a policy of providing security updates, as Windows has had, and has found necessary to have.
Just like to see all the FACTS laid out on the table during a debate.
Actually, they do have a built in protection against the known five known Trojan families... and this is a new one. Apple will be releasing an update that will protect against this one as soon as they have tested the protection to assure it will not break something else in the OS.
The “FACT” is that, while they weren’t a target for malware and/or viruses, they were content to glide along as the OS which didn’t have the same problems as Microsoft, and they were able to get away with that as long as hackers and malware writers didn’t see real value in targeting the small and less significant OS share that Apple had.
Now that malware/virus writers are targeting Macs, Apple wanted to pass blame for the problems to others. But, they’ve been caught, and 10% or more of a market makes them attractive markets, and the solution that used to save Apple, namely, “security through obscurity”, isn’t valid any more.
While it’s true that Apple doesn’t provide AV software, the times have changed, and they’re going to have to provide services which they never anticipated. Microsoft learned their lessons a few years ago, and now it’s time for Apple to acknowledge the problems and be preemptive as well, or at least, reactive in a timely and responsible manner.