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This has been in place since 10.6 Snow Leopard. It's part of their built-in anti-malware system (MRT + XProtect + Gatekeeper). It's no different than a virus s
by tjohns 7y ago
This has been in place since 10.6 Snow Leopard. It's part of their built-in anti-malware system (MRT + XProtect + Gatekeeper).
It's no different than a virus scanner auto-updating its signatures.
- shakna 7y agoExcept that if you auto-update disabled, you'd be somewhat surprised if the virus scanner could update it's signatures.
- filoleg 7y agoAs one of the posters already mentioned, it can be easily disabled through the OSX GUI by changing the setting in Preferences -> Software Update -> Advanced -> Install system data files and security updates